0 to choose not to be part of an activity or to stop being involved in it: --
1 a situation in which some members of a group choose not to join or be involved in an activity: --
Since the opt-out, the hospital has been responsible for its own budgeting.
2 to choose not to be part of an activity, arrangement, etc.: --
3 a situation in which some members of a group have the right not to join or be involved in a process: --
opt-out feature/policy/process Privacy groups criticized the opt-out feature, because it appears in a pop-up window for only a few seconds before disappearing.
opt-out clause/provision/agreement The contract bans opt-out agreements for employees on probation.
an opt-out from/on sth There is an opt-out for these employees from the requirement to have health coverage.
The President of the European Union added: "I think it is better to have opt-outs for one or two countries".
There is not unity on the opt-out from the social charter or on the social charter.
If not, what on earth is the opt-out for?
First, if the opt-out was exercised, our country would certainly stand to lose inward investment.
Instead, it is a potential opt-out from stage 3, the single currency.
Family members can refuse to join; however, once a majority of the potential kin group has agreed, individual families find it hard to opt-out or not participate.
Despite many industry-wide agreements providing opt-out clauses and growing pressure from employers for greater enterprise-based pay determination, the bargaining system is delivering pay and price stability.
Farmers with small enterprises opt-out due to reasons associated with the factors organic regulations and management.
Other countries continue this pattern of differences between opt-out and opt-in systems.
