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   offset

   noun

   • 1. a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of an opposite one: "widow's bereavement allowance is an offset against income"
   • 2. the amount or distance by which something is out of line: "these wheels have an offset of four inches"
   • ▪ a short distance measured perpendicularly from the main line of measurement.
   • ▪ a small deviation or bias in a voltage or current: "offset adjustment circuits"
   • 3. a side shoot from a plant serving for propagation: "a present of tulip bulbs, offsets, and seeds for his garden"
   • ▪ a spur in a mountain range.
   • 4. a sloping ledge in a wall or other feature where the thickness of the part above is diminished.
   • 5. a bend in a pipe to carry it past an obstacle: "allow for any bend you need including offsets for connecting the downpipe"
   • 6. a method of printing in which ink is transferred from a plate or stone to a uniform rubber surface and from that to the paper: "they produced banknotes by offset"

   verb

   • 1. counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect: "donations to charities can be offset against tax"
   • 2. place out of line: "several places where the ridge was offset at right angles to its length"
   • 3. (of ink or a freshly printed page) transfer an impression to the next leaf or sheet: "there was some offsetting on to text"

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   What does offset mean?

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   Is offset a noun or a verb?

   • Offset functions as both a noun and a verb. Okay, let's talk turkey. The Duke's lack of height was offset by his enormous wig. Even without shoes, he towered above most people, because his wig alone was five feet tall. The cost of the wig—close to $10,000—was easily offset by its quality: it was worth every cent.

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   What does offset STH mean?

   • offset sth against sth Offset any losses against your overall income. to pay an amount of money when you do something, for example travelling by air, that produces a lot of harmful waste products. The money is used to do something that protects against climate change, such as planting trees:

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   How does offset work?

   • OFFSET returns the offset, in bytes, of the specified object within its card object, beginning at offset 0. For an object that has an initiator, the offset will apply to the first byte of the data. For an object that is right-justified with pad characters, OFFSET will return the offset of the first byte of data.

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     to balance one effect against an opposing effect, so that...

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     OFFSET translate: 補償；抵消；彌補, 為具有減排作用的東西付款，以彌補之前的排放所造成的損害....

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   noun. something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent. the start, beginning, or outset. Synonyms: onset. a short lateral shoot by which certain plants are propagated. an offshoot or branch of a specific population or family. any offshoot; branch. Also called off set print ing,Lithography.

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   When you offset something—say, the price of gas—you find a way to make up for it. My new car's ability to get fifty miles per gallon offset the rise in the price of gas. Offset functions as both a noun and a verb.

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   Learn the meaning of offset as a verb and a noun in different contexts, such as finance, law, environment and accounting. See how to use offset in sentences and find synonyms and related words.

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   Offset can mean a balance, compensation, or counteraction, or a printing method, a ledge, a shoot, or a bend. Learn the different meanings and uses of offset with examples from various sources.