offsetting / noun, adjective ˈɔfˌsɛt, ˈɒf-; verb ˌɔfˈsɛt, ˌɒf- /

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offsetting4 个定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
  2. the start, beginning, or outset.
  3. a short lateral shoot by which certain plants are propagated.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. of, noting, or pertaining to an offset.
  2. Lithography. pertaining to, printed by, or suitable for printing by offset.
  3. placed away from a center line; off-center.
  4. placed at an angle to something, as to the axis of a form, shape, or object; not parallel.
v. 有主动词 verb

off·set, off·set·ting.

  1. to counterbalance as an equivalent does; compensate for: The gains offset the losses.
  2. to juxtapose with something else, as for purposes of comparison: to offset advantages against disadvantages.
  3. Printing. to make an offset of.to print by the process of offset lithography.
v. 无主动词 verb

off·set, off·set·ting.

  1. to project as an offset or branch.
  2. to counterbalance or compensate.
  3. Printing. to make an offset.

offsetting 近义词

v. 动词 verb

counterbalance, compensate

更多offsetting例句

  1. As I’ve reported before, carbon offsets don’t necessarily cancel out emissions from somewhere else.
  2. It works by drilling a hole through the tenon that is slightly offset from a hole in the mortise, so when you drive a dowel through the two holes, it pulls them into alignment, thus tightly joining the pieces of wood.
  3. That lab work costs $2,000 per DNA sample, officials said Thursday, an expense that the grant funding will help offset.
  4. Hitting a net zero target requires using every available technology to decarbonize energy systems—and then using mitigating options or other technology to offset those emissions that are harder to eliminate.
  5. Apple is betting that the fee change will result in developers creating more apps and sticking with the App Store, which will create enough new revenue to offset any potential financial negatives from the fee reductions.
  6. When it comes to offsetting the negativity of disgust, does pride really work just as well as serenity?
  7. He won on unemployment benefits, on which Senate Republicans didn't even demand offsetting cuts.
  8. After two years, the middle-class cuts would also expire unless Congress paid for them with offsetting savings or tax increases.
  9. But as the economy strengthens, interest rates will rise, offsetting some of the recovery's beneficial effect on the deficit.
  10. The offsetting obligation to pay claims is contingent, unfixed and off on the horizon.
  11. There is a little trick in offsetting pipe that one will have to practice to obtain.
  12. As offsetting this, however, Coquenil secured information that connected Mrs. Wilmott directly with Martinez.
  13. This conception combines two essentially irreconcilable ideas, offsetting each by the other.
  14. They feel that they would be doing a public service in offsetting the demagoguery and sensationalism of most of the popular press.
  15. The beneficial result is an offsetting of that morbid condition,—that utter want of self-confidence.