off-flow

noun

A flow from something (or somewhere) to something (or somewhere) else

“"What percentage of claimant off-flows from jobseeker's allowance were due to the claimant claiming incapacity benefit?" http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050628/text/50628w28.htm”

OriginEnglish flow ← Middle English flowe ← Old English flōwan →
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Meanings

nounoff-flow (plural off-flows)

plural off-flows

  1. A flow from something (or somewhere) to something (or somewhere) else

    "What percentage of claimant off-flows from jobseeker's allowance were due to the claimant claiming incapacity benefit?" http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050628/text/50628w28.htm

  2. A channel or way by which surplus water can be discharged or allowed to flow off

Origin

  1. Englishoff-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*plōw-der.?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*plew-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₃(w)-der.?
  6. Proto-Germanic*flōaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*flōan
  8. Old Englishflōwan
  9. Middle Englishflowen
  10. Middle Englishflowe
  11. Englishflow
  12. Englishoff-flow

From off- + flow.

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APA

off-flow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-flow

MLA

“off-flow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-flow. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “off-flow,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/off-flow.

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