offset
noun
1 offset
The time at which something is supposed to begin.
synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, outset, showtime, start, starting time.
Dutch: show Time, aanvang, begin, beginperiode, intrede, inval, opmaat
Polish: początek
2 offset
A compensating equivalent.
synonym: counterbalance.
Roget 30:
compensation,
equation;
commutation;
indemnification;
compromise;
etc.
774
neutralization,
nullification;
counteraction
etc.
179;
reaction;
measure for measure,
retaliation,
etc.
718
equalization;
etc.
27;
robbing Peter to pay Paul.
set-off,
offset;
make-weight,
casting-weight;
counterpoise,
ballast;
indemnity,
equivalent,
quid pro quo;
bribe,
hush money;
amends
etc.
(atonement)
952;
counterbalance,
counterclaim;
cross-debt,
cross-demand.
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Dutch: compensatie
Polish: przeciwwaga
3 offset
A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips.
synonyms: runner, stolon.
Polish: rozłóg, wić
4 offset
5 offset
A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper.
synonym: offset printing.
Polish: offset, druk offsetowy
6 offset
Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly.
synonyms: set-back, setoff.
Dutch: vertrek
Polish: załam, załom, uskok
verb
1 offset
2 offset
Make up for:
— His skills offset his opponent's superior strength.
synonyms: cancel, set off.
3 offset
Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface.
4 offset
5 offset
Produce by offset printing.
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offsetting
Moby thesaurus: amendatory, amends, annulling, annulment, antacid, atonement, balancing, buffering, canceling, cancellation, commutation, compensating, compensation, compensatory, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive, counterbalancing, countervailing, expiation, expiatory, frustration, indemnification, indemnificatory, indemnity, invalidation, lex talionis, negating, neutralization, neutralizing, nullification, nullifying, penitential, recompense, recompensive, rectification, rectifying, redress, reparation, reparative, repayment, restitution, retaliation, retaliatory, revenge, satisfaction, stultifying, substitution, thwarting, undoing, vitiating, vitiation, voiding ... show more.
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