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One-off
Definitions
- 1 Occurring once, independent of any pattern; one-time.
"The government insisted that the embarrassing loss of the tax records was a one-off event."
- 2 Special; remarkable; rare; unusual.
"BMW is to create a one-off tribute to the iconic 3.0 CSL."
- 1 Something that is done, created, etc. only once, and often quickly, simply, or improvisationally. Commonwealth, idiomatic
"Near-synonym: stand-alone"
- 2 a happening that occurs only once and is not repeated wordnet
- 3 Something unique and remarkable.
"Near-synonym: stand-alone"
Etymology
From one + off. Probably from foundry work, for which making reusable molds is expensive and expediency makes the rule for molds not to be used only once. A term long used by artists who are printmakers and sculptors to indicate a unique print or casting. If using traditional edition numbering, a one-off would be a "1/1", which is said, "one of one" meaning the first print in an edition of one.
From one + off. Probably from foundry work, for which making reusable molds is expensive and expediency makes the rule for molds not to be used only once. A term long used by artists who are printmakers and sculptors to indicate a unique print or casting. If using traditional edition numbering, a one-off would be a "1/1", which is said, "one of one" meaning the first print in an edition of one.
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