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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121. A close relationship with the father can offset some of the problems.
122. They more than offset weaker export sales and a slower buildup of inventories of unsold goods.
123. And most of the money coming in was offset by spending on imports into the bloc.
124. Competition policy aims to offset market failures arising from scale economies and market power.
125. That was partly offset by a 27. 4 % increase in overseas deliveries.
126. The stitch lines are offset to prevent cold spots occurring.
127. In 1922 the newly opened Redemption Fund was transferred to the Revenue Account to offset losses.
128. Industrial policy is designed to offset other sources of market failure which arise in the production process.
129. Circuit to adjust offset with no effect on input offset or input offset drift.
130. But until April, lower interest rates failed to offset the impact of the recession and house prices continued to fall.
131. $3000 was spent in US schools to offset the disadvantages of about 6 million school children.
132. However, the increase would be offset by future reductions in planned station hardware and related programs.
133. Since young workers typically earn lower salaries, their greater numbers would be partially offset by their lower earnings.
134. Even a small amount of power from that engine would have helped to offset the tremendous drag of the wheels hanging out.
135. Governments could have offset declining profitability by cutting taxes on profits or by increasing the generosity of tax allowances given for investment.
136. The new offices have been obtained on advantageous terms, the refurbishment costs being offset against a significantly lower rent.
137. To offset the problem, the teachers agreed to salary cuts!
138. They say any breach of trust has been offset by his attempts to set things right.
139. The mortgage traders offset the losses with profits they had squirreled away for a rainy day.
140. I am richer than you are; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate.
141. But the huge expansion of consumer markets offset those losses, and the tide kept rising.
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142. Any remaining loss may then be carried forward to offset profits in the succeeding fifteen years.
143. Early, the Bulldogs made enough bombs to offset their turnovers.
144. Charlotte, North Carolina-based First Union earnings rose 21 percent, as higher fees offset sluggish lending profits.
145. But cost controls have helped offset the worst effects of the downturn, says chairman Sir Roy Watts.
146. In a wind, however, the model will only turn until the trim offset is balanced by the weathercock effect.
147. There are certain expenses that you can offset against tax, which you should put down on your tax form.
148. A downturn in one part of the world has always been partly offset by growth elsewhere.
149. Research also suggests that individuals can adjust to, and offset, the changes affecting them in middle and later life.
150. Its successor will be better, and contain extra lenses that should offset the effects of the bungled mirror.
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.