Outlines questionable trade-offs foe rejected (6)
I believe the answer is:
drafts
'outlines' is the definition.
('draft' can be a synonym of 'outline')
'questionable trade-offs foe rejected' is the wordplay.
'questionable' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rejected' suggests deleting specific letters.
'trade'+'offs'='tradeoffs'
'tradeoffs' with 'foe' taken away is 'tradfs'.
'tradfs' is an anagram of 'DRAFTS'.
(Other definitions for drafts that I've seen before include "Rough preliminary written versions" , "Rough outline texts" , "Preliminary sketches" , "First written versions or money orders" , "Makes" .)