Definition of offsets Offsets
/ɔˈfsɛˌts/ - [ofsets] -
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What does offsets mean?
Wiktionary 
- offsets (Noun)
Plural of offset.
Part of speech
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| offset - a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper | ||
| offset printing | ||
| printing process, printing the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution | ||
| photo-offset, photo-offset printing a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates | ||
| offset - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" | ||
| beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime | ||
| middle the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" | ||
| ending, end the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme); "I don't like words that have -ism as an ending" | ||
| point in time, point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" | ||
| birth the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" | ||
| incipience, incipiency beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" | ||
| starting point, terminus a quo earliest limiting point | ||
| offset - a compensating equivalent | ||
| counterbalance | ||
| compensation something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) | ||
| offset - structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly | ||
| set-back, setoff | ||
| structure, construction a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" | ||
| offset - a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips | ||
| stolon, runner | ||
| offset - a natural consequence of development | ||
| outgrowth, branch, offshoot | ||
Verb |
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| offset - produce by offset printing; "offset the conference proceedings" | ||
| print, impress put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed" | ||
| offset - create an offset in; "offset a wall" | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| offset - cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface | ||
| transfer transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | ||
| offset - compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and withdrawals" | ||
| countervail | ||
| equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate, balance bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium | ||
| offset - make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" | ||
| cancel, set off | ||
| equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate, balance bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium | ||
| countervail, counterbalance, counteract, neutralize oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" | ||
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Wiktionary
- offset (Noun)
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent. - offset (Noun)
A printing method, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface. - offset (Noun)
The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another. - offset (Verb)
To compensate for something. - offset (Verb)
To form an offset in a wall, rod, pipe, etc..
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- offset (n.)
In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something - offset (n.)
A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek. - offset (n.)
A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off. - offset (n.)
A spur from a range of hills or mountains. - offset (n.)
A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off. - offset (n.)
A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object. - offset (n.)
An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside. - offset (n.)
A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor. - offset (imp. & p. p.)
of Offset - offset (v. t.)
To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another. - offset (v. t.)
To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc. - offset (v. i.)
To make an offset.
