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Definition of Off-the-shelf
1. Adjective. (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock. "Ready-to-wear clothes"
Definition of Off-the-shelf
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) As purchased or as commonly available, without modification or customization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Off-the-shelf
Literary usage of Off-the-shelf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1896)
"The accession number is then crossed off the shelf- list and the charging slip,
which with us is permanent, is cancelled. The copy to replace is accessioned ..."
2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"By North's own admission, Lake Resources was to be an "off-the-shelf company to
conduct a "full service covert action" in support of the Contras and other ..."
3. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1910)
"A stack of plates, about six in number, came off the shelf at one time and broke
in pieces on the floor. Elwin was not near enough to touch these things and ..."
4. U. S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's edited by Christopher Cox (1999)
"The hardware and software technology necessary to successfully cluster
commercial-off-the-shelf CPUs into effective parallel computers is well developed and ..."
5. Aviation Safety: Congressional Hearing edited by Slade Gorton (2000)
"However, there are commercial vendors who have off- the-shelf remote ... The FAA
has and will continue to implement commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) ..."
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