Offset
noun
An amount of something that balances, cancels, or compensates for something else.
The increased cost of fuel was offset by the decrease in maintenance costs.
Often appears as...
- offset costs
- offset losses
verb
To balance, counteract, or compensate for something.
His speed is offset by his lack of accuracy.
Often appears as...
- offset costs
- offset impact
noun
In printing, offset is a method where an image is transferred to a plate, then to rubber, then to the printing surface.
Offset printing provides a high quality of print and it is cost effective when used for a large number of prints.
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Technical
noun
In architecture, an offset is a change in direction of a building material or a set-back or step in a wall's face.
The offset in the building's brickwork creates a distinct visual contrast.
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Technical
noun
In automotive design, the distance from the mounting surface of an undriven wheel to the rim's centerline.
A wrong wheel offset could cause problems with how your car handles.
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Technical
noun
An amount of something that balances, cancels, or compensates for something else.
The increased cost of fuel was offset by the decrease in maintenance costs.
Often appears as...
- offset costs
- offset losses
verb
To balance, counteract, or compensate for something.
His speed is offset by his lack of accuracy.
Often appears as...
- offset costs
- offset impact
noun
In printing, offset is a method where an image is transferred to a plate, then to rubber, then to the printing surface.
Offset printing provides a high quality of print and it is cost effective when used for a large number of prints.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In architecture, an offset is a change in direction of a building material or a set-back or step in a wall's face.
The offset in the building's brickwork creates a distinct visual contrast.
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In automotive design, the distance from the mounting surface of an undriven wheel to the rim's centerline.
A wrong wheel offset could cause problems with how your car handles.
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Balancing Act
When offset is used as a noun, it often refers to something that equals out another, creating balance.
The earnings from the bake sale acted as an offset to the club's previous expenses.
Pro Tip 2/2Financial Context
Offset is commonly used in financial situations to talk about balancing costs and benefits.
We must find an offset for the extra spending on new equipment.
Pro Tip 1/2Balancing Act
When offset is used as a noun, it often refers to something that equals out another, creating balance.
The earnings from the bake sale acted as an offset to the club's previous expenses.
Pro Tip 2/2Financial Context
Offset is commonly used in financial situations to talk about balancing costs and benefits.
We must find an offset for the extra spending on new equipment.
Pro Tip 1/2Balancing Act
When offset is used as a noun, it often refers to something that equals out another, creating balance.
The earnings from the bake sale acted as an offset to the club's previous expenses.
Pro Tip 2/2Financial Context
Offset is commonly used in financial situations to talk about balancing costs and benefits.
We must find an offset for the extra spending on new equipment.
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Three ideas. Three...
But you need more than just jokes to be able to cut it as a professional comedian. You need to be able to walk that fine line between being charming and disarming. And I discovered the most effective way to generate the amount of charm I needed to offset my disarming personality was through not jokes but stories.
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Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
know about the purpose of the ossicones which is the actual official word for the protrusions on top of a giraffe's head we don't call them horns because although they are solid bone just like horns giraffe are born with offset cones and I'm just gonna make life a little bit easier for Craig here I'm gonna
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The global movement to...
When viewed through this lens, restoration just seems like an easy way out, a chance for us to "offset our emissions" by planting a few trees and ignore the very real and urgent challenges of cutting emissions and protecting the ecosystems that we currently have. Restoration is not a silver bullet.
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Rob Hopkins: Transition...
If just three percent of the carbon locked up in the arctic permafrost is released as the world warms, it would offset all the savings that we need to make, in carbon, over the next 40 years to avoid runaway climate change. We have no choice other than deep and urgent decarbonization.
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Sand: the unseen...
things helps add some tension offset that force pushing them apart but even water's surface tension doesn't work all that well if that's a really heavy weight like a bowling ball so let's take something and put it in between the grains of sand
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The Case for a 4-Day...
as did productivity and patient care. But in this trial, they hired new staff for the hours that weren't being covered. The striking finding was how much lower sick pay and unemployment benefits helped offset those additional salaries.
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Bill Gates: The...
One area that I do is I fund putting in electric heat-pumps into low-cost housing. And so instead of using natural gas, they get a lower bill because it's done with electricity. And I paid that extra capital cost as an offset.
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Can seaweed help curb...
will remain there, by human standards, forever. So we have to act. This is really a new phase in addressing the climate crisis and it demands new thinking. So, ideas like carbon offsets really don't make sense
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Buffalo buffalo buffalo:...
to offset the scuffling buffalo? Consider the can-can. Can-can can-can can can can can can-can. Here, the word can comes in many guises. There's can-can, the flamboyant dance, can, that means able to,
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This country isn't just...
So inside our country, we are a net carbon sink. Outside, we are offsetting carbon. And this is important stuff. You see, the world is getting warmer, and climate change is a reality.
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Three ideas. Three...
But you need more than just jokes to be able to cut it as a professional comedian. You need to be able to walk that fine line between being charming and disarming. And I discovered the most effective way to generate the amount of charm I needed to offset my disarming personality was through not jokes but stories.
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Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
know about the purpose of the ossicones which is the actual official word for the protrusions on top of a giraffe's head we don't call them horns because although they are solid bone just like horns giraffe are born with offset cones and I'm just gonna make life a little bit easier for Craig here I'm gonna
Video examples
The global movement to...
When viewed through this lens, restoration just seems like an easy way out, a chance for us to "offset our emissions" by planting a few trees and ignore the very real and urgent challenges of cutting emissions and protecting the ecosystems that we currently have. Restoration is not a silver bullet.
Video examples
Rob Hopkins: Transition...
If just three percent of the carbon locked up in the arctic permafrost is released as the world warms, it would offset all the savings that we need to make, in carbon, over the next 40 years to avoid runaway climate change. We have no choice other than deep and urgent decarbonization.
Video examples
Sand: the unseen...
things helps add some tension offset that force pushing them apart but even water's surface tension doesn't work all that well if that's a really heavy weight like a bowling ball so let's take something and put it in between the grains of sand
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The Case for a 4-Day...
as did productivity and patient care. But in this trial, they hired new staff for the hours that weren't being covered. The striking finding was how much lower sick pay and unemployment benefits helped offset those additional salaries.
Video examples
Bill Gates: The...
One area that I do is I fund putting in electric heat-pumps into low-cost housing. And so instead of using natural gas, they get a lower bill because it's done with electricity. And I paid that extra capital cost as an offset.
Video examples
Can seaweed help curb...
will remain there, by human standards, forever. So we have to act. This is really a new phase in addressing the climate crisis and it demands new thinking. So, ideas like carbon offsets really don't make sense
Video examples
Buffalo buffalo buffalo:...
to offset the scuffling buffalo? Consider the can-can. Can-can can-can can can can can can-can. Here, the word can comes in many guises. There's can-can, the flamboyant dance, can, that means able to,
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This country isn't just...
So inside our country, we are a net carbon sink. Outside, we are offsetting carbon. And this is important stuff. You see, the world is getting warmer, and climate change is a reality.
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Pico Iyer
Indian Writer
Nearly everybody I know does something to try to remove herself to clear her head and to have enough time and space to think... All of us instinctively feel that something inside us is crying out for more spaciousness and stillness to offset the exhilarations of this movement and the fun and diversion of the modern world.
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Toby Emmerich
American Producer
We made too many expensive movies trying to offset the loss of the 'LOTR' income. There was a lot of pressure to re-create that franchise, which turned out to be unhealthy for us, because it's such a once-in-a-lifetime success. It would be like trying to re-create 'Avatar' over and over again.
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Fabrizio Moreira
Ecuadorian Politician
Raising the minimum wage represents a substantial financial burden for employers, particularly start-ups, early stage companies, and family-owned businesses. In response, business owners would be forced to either lay off workers or raise prices to offset the rise in labor costs.
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Jared Leto
American Actor
I think I remember from the offset I said, 'I've visited this territory. This isn't for me.' And then I read the script and I said, 'You know, this is completely something different. This is a whole new life.
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Jim Cantalupo
American Businessman
But we had a pretty diversified portfolio of businesses around the world and things tended to offset each other. But one or two years ago, we had a lot of things happening at the same time.
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Abbe Pierre
French Clergyman
It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.
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Oliver Sykes
English Musician
We tour the world and my carbon footprint is massive. I feel like it's my responsibility to do something - not just to offset it but to help make a difference.
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Kendrick Lamar
American Musician
You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
Social safety-net spending is an important form of public funding that helps offset disparities in family resources for children.
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J. D. Hayworth
American Politician
The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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Pico Iyer
Indian Writer
Nearly everybody I know does something to try to remove herself to clear her head and to have enough time and space to think... All of us instinctively feel that something inside us is crying out for more spaciousness and stillness to offset the exhilarations of this movement and the fun and diversion of the modern world.
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Toby Emmerich
American Producer
We made too many expensive movies trying to offset the loss of the 'LOTR' income. There was a lot of pressure to re-create that franchise, which turned out to be unhealthy for us, because it's such a once-in-a-lifetime success. It would be like trying to re-create 'Avatar' over and over again.
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Fabrizio Moreira
Ecuadorian Politician
Raising the minimum wage represents a substantial financial burden for employers, particularly start-ups, early stage companies, and family-owned businesses. In response, business owners would be forced to either lay off workers or raise prices to offset the rise in labor costs.
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Jared Leto
American Actor
I think I remember from the offset I said, 'I've visited this territory. This isn't for me.' And then I read the script and I said, 'You know, this is completely something different. This is a whole new life.
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Jim Cantalupo
American Businessman
But we had a pretty diversified portfolio of businesses around the world and things tended to offset each other. But one or two years ago, we had a lot of things happening at the same time.
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Abbe Pierre
French Clergyman
It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.
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Oliver Sykes
English Musician
We tour the world and my carbon footprint is massive. I feel like it's my responsibility to do something - not just to offset it but to help make a difference.
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Kendrick Lamar
American Musician
You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.
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Janet Yellen
American Public Servant
Social safety-net spending is an important form of public funding that helps offset disparities in family resources for children.
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J. D. Hayworth
American Politician
The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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