offset
/ɔfsˈɛt/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
verb
- compensate for or counterbalance
“offset deposits and withdrawals” - make up for
“His skills offset his opponent's superior strength” - cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
- create an offset in
“offset a wall” - produce by offset printing
“offset the conference proceedings”
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
“they got an early start” - a compensating equivalent
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- a natural consequence of development
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
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