offset
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈɔfˌsɛt/
:
compensación
- Currently, the price per metric ton of carbon dioxide offset is set at $2.73 (U.S.).
- carbon offsets
- emission offset
- offset credits
So hoovering is an offset to that trying to avoid abandonment.
- So hoovering is an offset to that trying to avoid abandonment.
- And then they buy the carbon offset from the Dominican Republic.
- And then every time you do a trip, use that carbon offset formula.
- It's basically an initial offset that changes the mapping ever so subtly.
- So you have to pick a power and we get to pick the offset to that power.
- But each of the contributing laboratories after that calculation is complete is informed of their offset from that paper time scale.
Examples
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And then they buy the carbon offset from the Dominican Republic.
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And then every time you do a trip, use that carbon offset formula.
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Each input has an offset item for error correction.
Academic text (1995) -
Investors from the United States anticipate being able to use their purchased offsets for domestic purposes.
Academic text (1997) -
Industry could buy the credits as offsets for their emissions.
Academic text (2002) -
Greenlite has the exclusive agreement to sell offsets generated by United Nature.
Blog text (25) -
Investors could purchase tradable, certified carbon offsets from the fund without becoming directly involved in projects themselves.
Academic text (1997) -
In addition to huge agricultural subsidies, the state gets offset payments for military bases and Indian reservations.
Blog text (4) -
If negotiated skillfully and managed wisely, offsets can lay down a solid basis for the civilian aircraft industry.
Academic text (1996) -
The company invested in renewable energy projects as an offset to its carbon emissions.
Synonyms
7
5.4
A weight that balances a machine or object to keep it steady
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.9
A printing method that transfers ink from a metal plate to a rubber sheet and then to paper
- Formal
The bank's legal power to take money from a customer's account to pay an unpaid loan
- Specialized
A way of printing where ink moves from a plate to a rubber sheet, then to paper for many copies
- Specialized
A machine that makes many copies by moving ink from a plate to rubber then to paper
- Specialized
A way of printing that uses plates made from photographs to copy pictures and text
- Specialized
A printing method that uses a metal plate and a rubber sheet to print images on paper
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Morphology
Etymology
Offset comes from the idea of set + off, meaning 'to put one thing against another'. So an offset is something 'set against' a cost or loss to balance or reduce its effect.