Synonym: balance, compensate, counteract, cushion, neutralize, soften. Similar words: handcuffs, offspring, set, set up, asset, set out, upset, set off. Meaning: ['ɔfset /'ɒf-] 
n. 1. the time at which something is supposed to begin 2. a compensating equivalent 3. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips 4. a natural consequence of development 5. a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper 6. structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly. v. 1. compensate for or counterbalance 2. make up for 3. cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface 4. create an offset in 5. produce by offset printing.
n. 1. the time at which something is supposed to begin 2. a compensating equivalent 3. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips 4. a natural consequence of development 5. a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper 6. structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly. v. 1. compensate for or counterbalance 2. make up for 3. cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface 4. create an offset in 5. produce by offset printing. 
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31. Profits in GM's computer services were not enough to offset the huge losses in its automotive operations.
32. Guidebooks advise travellers to bring their fully duty-free quota, to offset the official rate of exchange.
33. But the good news was offset by comments about building conditions during the apparent recovery.
34. This was partially offset by a 30 percent increase in public-sector wages and those of the military.
35. Under the supplementary benefit system, single parents could earn additional income and only part of this was offset against their benefit.
36. So governments faced strong pressure to offset the adverse effects of wage explosions on profitability by facilitating a rapid expansion of credit.
37. A 0.8% increase in distribution to industrial customers offset a fall in demand from domestic and commercial customers.
38. Such allowances are paid to employees to partly offset the expense of moving home.
39. Income tax thresholds were raised from G$10,000 to G$48,000 with lower tax rates planned to offset the withdrawal of personal allowances.
40. There were no longer seasonal periods of slack and recovery to offset the periods of feverish activity.
41. No attempt should be made to use monetary policy to offset any disturbances which may occur from time to time.
42. However, this improvement has been insufficient to offset the decline in other areas.
43. Workers would receive a single bonus payment equivalent to US$27 to offset the price rises.
44. And workers' compensation payments to professional athletes would be offset by any payments available under a labor contract.
45. This offset the tendency towards stagnation generated by increased workers' savings.
46. There is no mechanism which ensures that the benefit will exactly offset the losses for any particular country.
47. His claim for the trust can no longer be offset against that debt, since it is not owed.
48. He also plans to offset Forbes' popular flat-tax plan with his own proposal: a 16 percent flat rate.
49. But top managers say the advantages more than offset any frustration.
50. The Service can, and has, offset certain undesirable Commission-inspired legislation with new rulings of its own.
51. The money will help offset big medical bills, but the brothers say it still doesn't make up for their suffering.
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52. His edgy vocal deliveries and frowns are more than offset by the way his face never stops telling us he cares.
53. To offset the perception that dairy foods are high in calories, low-fat cheeses have become state-of-the-art.
54. The obvious contradiction that this created between Reagan as campaigner and as governor was partly offset by compensatory reductions in property taxes.
55. What is less certain is whether they have been, or will be, offset by corresponding gains.
56. When a complementary wavelength is used the response to the small spot only occurs at the offset of the stimulus.
57. The City was not too deterred by the rights issue which was offset by strong interim figures and an improved dividend payout.
58. Any computer-induced effects on employment may be offset, however, by a greater demand for information and analysis.
59. A company called Southwark Offset, in London, did the typesetting.
60. Traders said domestic institutions are selling stock in order to raise money to pad their bottom lines and help offset bad loans.
More similar words: handcuffs, offspring, set, set up, asset, set out, upset, set off, set down, settle, closet, setting, set back, set about, set forth, set free, settle for, set apart, set aside, settle down, set fire to, be close to, give rise to, settlement, unsettling.