play-off
n.— «A “play-off” is TV jargon for the footage that is run before a commercial break and it’s one of the many terms Linnell has had to pick up quickly as he runs a TV news and current affairs department for the first time in a career otherwise spent as a print journalist.» —“Rookie puts his mark on the game” by Amanda Meade The Australian Oct. 5, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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