Offsetting

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Offset \Off*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offset}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Offsetting}.]
     1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to
        offset one account or charge against another.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  offsetting \off`set"ting\ adj.
     Compensating for.
  
     Syn: countervailing, compensatory, compensative.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  offsetting
       adj : compensating for [syn: {countervailing}, {compensatory}, {compensative}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  offset
       n 1: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got
            an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was
            the man for her" [syn: {beginning}, {commencement}, {first},
             {outset}, {get-go}, {start}, {kickoff}, {starting time},
             {showtime}] [ant: {middle}, {end}]
       2: a compensating equivalent [syn: {counterbalance}]
       3: a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new
          plants from buds at its tips [syn: {stolon}, {runner}]
       4: a natural consequence of development [syn: {outgrowth}, {branch},
           {offshoot}]
       5: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed
          cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper [syn: {offset
          printing}]
       6: structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly [syn: {set-back},
           {setoff}]
       v 1: compensate for or counterbalance; "offset deposits and
            withdrawals" [syn: {countervail}]
       2: make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior
          strength" [syn: {cancel}, {set off}]
       3: cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another
          surface
       4: create an offset in; "offset a wall"
       5: produce by offset printing; "offset the conference
          proceedings"
       [also: {offsetting}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  offsetting
       See {offset}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "offsetting":
     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