Usage of "off-the-shelf"

(Especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock.

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Examples for "off-the-rack"

No offense, but that cheap off-the-rack suit doesn't help you fit in. 
 The capitol game 

They were both wearing off-the-rack suits, and neither looked very happy. 
 Monster Hunter International 

It appeared to have been customised, with the off-the-rack version almost floor length. 
 News.com.au 

He wore an off-the-rack blue suit that draped nicely over his fit body. 
 Storm Front 

Nothing vital, nothing that wasn't off-the-rack at any decent sawbones. 
 Sea of Rust 

Next year she will launch an off-the-peg range at more affordable prices. 
 The Irish Times 

Excuse me while I fall screaming into a gaping off-the-peg CGI ravine. 
 The Irish Times 

She was short, slender, and well-dressed in an off-the-peg but good-quality turquoise skirt suit. 
 Moon Over Soho 

His strange American film Fear X looked a little too much like off-the-peg David Lynch. 
 The Irish Times 

He bought a small, off-the-peg company, endowed it with the money, and applied for charitable status. 
 Anansi Boys 

The ready-to-wear clothes industry, New York's major industry, is almost exclusively Jewish. 
 Hermit in paris: autobiographical writings 

His fashion empire includes a ready-to-wear collection, accessories, home decor and fragrance. 
 Reuters 

He refused to compromise and produce ready-to-wear like so many other couturiers. 
 The new yorker 

Or did he patronize a ready-to-wear shop that catered especially to primates? 
 The mammoth book of the best of best new sf 

He quit Patou, and hired himself out as a freelance ready-to-wear designer. 
 The Guardian 

Ús de off-the-shelf en anglès

Optus said an off-the-shelf product will be available in the coming months. 
 News.com.au 

There were no off-the-shelf procedures or lists of war crimes to use. 
 War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror 

Consumer-electronics companies are now trying to step in to offer off-the-shelf gadgets. 
 Wired 

But the rest is from a number of commercial, off-the-shelf software programs. 
 Wired 

There are all kinds of off-the-shelf schemes to help people do this. 
 The Guardian 

Thus, off-the-shelf osteoinductive bone substitutes that can replace bone grafts are required. 
 Pubmed 

Duran started building controllers when his Soul Calibur exploits outpaced off-the-shelf models. 
 Wired 

Aside from the demodulator, the rest of the radio setup was off-the-shelf. 
 Wired 

Those chips will use off-the-shelf technology licensed from ARM in a previous agreement. 
 Reuters 

All steps can be carried out using readily available off-the-shelf components. 
 Pubmed 

Ustwo used off-the-shelf beacons from Estimote, which kept operating costs to a minimum. 
 Wired 

Such an off-the-shelf package is known to be acceptable to Brussels. 
 The Guardian 

Chemists have never been able to produce them from off-the-shelf components. 
 Reuters 

Quanta is already marketing a line of off-the-shelf Open Compute gear. 
 Wired 

Now the tech-nology is found in IBM's inexpensive off-the-shelf ViaVoice software. 
 Wired 

APASS itself is a mixture of high-speed, off-the-shelf digital cameras and computer-networking technologies. 
 Wired 

Significats de off-the-shelf en anglès