offset

Meaning

Noun

1. Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
2. 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.
3. A time at which something begins; outset.
4. (attributive, often) The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
5. The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
6. The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
7. The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
8. A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
9. An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
10. A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
11. A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
12. 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; a set-off.
13. A terrace on a hillside.

Verb

1. (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
2. (transitive) To place out of line.
3. (transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

Adv

Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.

Adj

Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.

Synonyms

counterbalance

distance

offshoot

balance

outset

compensate

start

offset selling an option

counterpoise

cancel

offsetting

neutralize

beginning

commencement

get-go

stolon

set off

runner

🏃

kickoff

counterweight

bias

starting time

branch

setoff

deviation

showtime

displacement

compensate for

countervail

scion

compensation

set-back

shift

ramification

balance out

polarization

offset printing

outgrowth

first

1st

inclination

counterweigh

burgeon

counterchange

building-out

batter

counteraction

buck

diversion

counteract

contra entry

Translations

offset

eind

🔚

contrebalancer

compensar

compenser

offset

compensação

αντιστάθμισμα

gekröpft

inizio

Adressabstand

αντισταθμίζω

Offset

αποτύπωμα

début

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒf.sɛt/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle English: ofsetten

Cognate with Old English: ofsettan

In summary

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”).

Sentences

The frequency offset between adjacent aliases is the sampling-rate, denoted by " f ".