"call-off" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: call-offs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} call-off (plural call-offs)
  1. A day on which an employee has called off.
    Sense id: en-call-off-en-noun-Op~XtExr
  2. A call given to a trained dog to tell it to stop doing something.
    Sense id: en-call-off-en-noun-9wVL0ryW
  3. (business) Synonym of blanket order Categories (topical): Business Synonyms: blanket order [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-call-off-en-noun-YPf0f4N2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 26 47 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 25 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 26 46 Topics: business

Inflected forms

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