See also: opt out

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From opt +‎ out.

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opt-out (not comparable)

  1. Of a selection, the property of having to choose explicitly to avoid or forbid something; a decision having the default option being inclusion or permission; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertisement.
    With opt-out forms, take care to uncheck all unwanted selections.

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opt-out (countable and uncountable, plural opt-outs)

  1. The act of opting out of something.
    • 2023 August 9, “Network News: Network Rail under fire for spending thousands of pounds on flights”, in RAIL, number 989, page 15:
      It [Greenpeace] also says that tax exemptions should be phased out for airlines, including the opt-outs that low-cost carriers currently have from paying VAT or fuel duty on kerosene.
  2. (British, countable) A school or hospital that has withdrawn from local control.
  3. (television, radio, countable) A regional broadcast that other stations in the network may elect not to include.
    • 1995, Pierre Musso, Philippe Souêtre, Lionel Levasseur, The Printed Press and Television in the Regions of Europe:
      National television channels (descendant network) with regional or local slots or opt-outs: []
    • 2003, Michael Scriven, Emily Roberts, Group Identities on French and British Television, page 27:
      There is no limitation to the number of regional and local opt-outs that France 3 can operate; nor are there any guidelines in the channel's remit as to the length and content of such news programmes.

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