to offset
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈɔfˌsɛt/
:
compensar
- She took extra shifts to offset the loss of income during the renovation.
- offset the costs
- offset losses
- offset the effects
And he says, hey, do you have to offset any capital gains?
- And he says, hey, do you have to offset any capital gains?
- Income more than offsets the higher grocery prices.
- But having sufficient selenium from food could offset that low content in any soil.
- This is debt and this cash flow is offset by depreciation.
- What are the longest levers that can offset somebody that sits at the desk all day?
- So you do not get to recognize those losses to offset against your gains.
- OK, So some curve move and then you are asked to offset that effect on output.
- It's largely offset by rising desires for big families.
- So in the end, one offsets the other, and wages stay roughly the same.
- As such, we're going to implement a carbon tax, offsetting the need for a state income tax.
- So we felt that the our nuclear capability was offset the larger army.
- Is there is there ways to offset your subscription costs?
Examples
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But you can offset cardiac arrest with CPR.
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I wanted you to have some good memories to offset what happened.
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But I did something else to offset your note.
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So that helps to offset inflation on your cash position.
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College investments in this area would likely be offset by added revenue.
Academic text (2012) -
Income more than offsets the higher grocery prices.
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The potential stresses of old age may be offset by a caring family system.
Academic text (1991) -
Would the higher costs of recruitment and training be offset by a leaner force?
Academic text (1999) -
On the financial side, valet parking works to offset fixed university administrative expenses.
Academic text (2011) -
A substantial decline in oil prices occurred in 1986, largely offsetting the earlier price rises.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
94
3.7
To change something to reduce a problem caused by something else
25
3.5
Make things equal and make up for a lack so nothing is too much or too little
9
5.1
To balance the effect of something by adding an opposite force
4
9.3
To act against something to reduce its effect
1
5.7
To balance something by adding weight or cancelling its effect
1
9.8
To balance something by acting against it
To make up for a problem by adding something good
To act as a balance against a strong opposite force
Antonyms
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
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Offset comes from the idea of set + off, meaning 'to put one thing against another'. So to offset something is to 'set it against' a problem or loss to reduce it or make up for it.