offset
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
Noun 4 meanings
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
“Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.”
A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
A time at which something begins; outset.
The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
“offset lithographs”
Verb 3 meanings
To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
“I'll offset the time difference locally.”
To place out of line.
To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
Adverb 1 meaning
Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.
Adjective 1 meaning
Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.
Etymology
From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”).
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OFFSET at a glance
OFFSET has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (O 1 + F 4 + F 4 + S 1 + E 1 + T 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,142 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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