OFF YEAR Definition & Meaning

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off year

noun

a year without a major, especially presidential, election.
a year marked by reduced or inferior production or activity in a particular field, as farming, business, or sports:
With its wet, cold summer, this was an off year for grapes.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of off year¹

First recorded in 1870–75

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Just before the fire, they paid $1,400 a month in rent for their lot; the house itself had been paid off years before.

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When Gascón took office four years ago, he blindsided many in his office with an inauguration address that announced drastic policy changes, kicking off years of bitter contention and lawsuits between him and his staff.

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Even in an “off year,” Jay-Z, 54, still went where few others have gone.

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“Upper Middle Class. And even in off year elections more than two thirds of them vote.”

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Thaksin’s ouster set off years of sometimes violent contention for power between his supporters and his opponents.

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