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stand-off (iou)



stand-off adjective & noun. Also standoff. M19.
[from stand off s.v. STAND verb.]
A. adjective.
That holds aloof; proud, disdainful; reserved. Now rare. M19.
Rugby Football. Designating or pertaining to (the position of) a half-back forming a link between the scrum-half and the three-quarters. E20.
Projecting or positioned a short distance away from a surface or another object; serving to hold something in such a position. M20.
Military. Of a guided missile: designed to be launched against its target from an aircraft at long range. M20.
b. noun. Chiefly N. Amer.
Reluctance to associate with others; aloofness. Now rare. M19.
A draw, a tie, esp. in a sporting event. M19.
a. A thing which counterbalances another. Chiefly fig. L19.
b. A stalemate, a deadlock; an impasse. M20.
An extension of the time set for a creditor; a postponement of payment due. slang. Now rare. L19.
A rest; a temporary cessation from work. rare. E20.
Rugby Football. = stand-off half below. E20.
A thing serving to hold an object clear of a surface or another object. M20.
Phrases & comb.: MEXICAN stand-off. stand-off half Rugby Football a half-back forming a link between the scrum-half and the three-quarters.
standoffish adjective holding aloof; proud, disdainful; reserved: M19.
standoffishly adverb M20.
standoffishness noun stand-off behaviour L19.

Maputo (sh)




formerly (until 1976) Louren?o Marques

Port city (pop., 1997: 989,386), capital of Mozambique.

It lies on the northern bank of Espirito Santo Estuary of Delagoa Bay, an inlet of the Indian Ocean. It derived its former name from the Portuguese trader who first explored the region in 1544. The town developed around a Portuguese fortress completed in 1787. Created a city town in 1887, it superseded Mo?ambique as the capital of Portuguese East Africa in 1907. Since the nation's independence in 1975, the collapse of tourism and reduced access to foreign trade have damaged the city's economy.