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Vinony

opt-out

noun

  1. method to avoid unsolicited products or advertisements
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From opt + out.

  1. Requiring a person or organization to choose explicitly to avoid or forbid something; tending to include by default; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertising.

    “With opt-out forms, take care to uncheck all unwanted selections.”

noun

Etymology: From opt + out.

  1. The act of opting out of something.

    “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. A school or hospital that has withdrawn from local control.
  3. A regional broadcast that other stations in the network may elect not to include.

    “National television channels (descendant network) with regional or local slots or opt-outs: […]”

    “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.”