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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. examples
countable and uncountable, plural opt-outs
The act of opting out of something. quotations examples
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.
2023 August 9, “Network News: Network Rail under fire for spending thousands of pounds on flights”, in RAIL, number 989, page 15
(Britain, countable) A school or hospital that has withdrawn from local control. examples
(television, radio, countable) A regional broadcast that other stations in the network may elect not to include. quotations examples
National television channels (descendant network) with regional or local slots or opt-outs: […]
1995, Pierre Musso, Philippe Souêtre, Lionel Levasseur, The Printed Press and Television in the Regions of Europe
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.
2003, Michael Scriven, Emily Roberts, Group Identities on French and British Television, page 27