Meaning
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- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- 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.
- The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
- The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.
- The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
- A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
- 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.
- A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
- A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
- 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.
- A terrace on a hillside.
Synonyms
offset selling an option
starting time
set-back
offset printing
compensate for
countervail
restore equillibrium
set against
reverse an entry
setover
offsetting entry
take an equilibrium
instrument offset
equipment offset
sensor offset
installation offset
vessel offset
offset aimpoint
aimpoint
source-receiver offset
kite tail
residual deformation
residual error
pipe offset
eccentric rotation
shift excursion
off-lying
permanent distortion
horizontal separation
back off compensate
offsetting poor alignment
swan-necked
balancing entry
building-out
contra entry
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɒf.sɛt/
Etymology
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”).
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