offset
pronunciation
How to pronounce offset in British English:
UK [ˈɒfset]
How to pronounce offset in American English:
US [ˈɔːfset]
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- Noun:
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a compensating equivalent
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- a natural consequence of development
- a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
- structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
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- Verb:
- compensate for or counterbalance
- make up for
- cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
- create an offset in
- produce by offset printing
Word Origin
- offset (n.)
- 1550s, "act of setting off" (on a journey, etc.), from off + set (adj.). Meaning "something 'set off' against something else, a counterbalance" is from 1769; the verb in this sense is from 1792. As a type of printing, in which the inked impression is first made on a rubber roller then transferred to paper, it is recorded from 1906.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Even then the incremental rise may not offset demand .
- 2. Globally , offset programs have grown into a multimillion-dollar industry .
- 3. Sure , your negative feelings were offset by eating .
- 4. Two things offset this in latin america .
- 5. The savings will not offset the fines barclays has been handed .