Offset

What do we mean by offset?

An agent, element, or thing that balances, counteracts, or compensates for something else. noun

One thing set off or developed from something else. noun

The start or initial stage; the outset. noun

A ledge or recess in a wall formed by a reduction in thickness above; a setoff. noun

A shoot that develops laterally at the base of a plant, often rooting to form a new plant. noun

A spur of a mountain range or hills. noun

A bend in a pipe, bar, or other straight continuous piece made to allow it to pass around an obstruction. noun

A short distance measured perpendicularly from the main line in surveying, used to help in calculating the area of an irregular plot. noun

A descendant of a race or family; an offshoot. noun

An unintentional or faulty transfer of wet ink from a printed sheet to another surface in contact with it. noun

Offset printing. noun

To counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for. intransitive verb

To cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface. intransitive verb

To produce by offset printing. intransitive verb

To make or form an offset in (a wall, bar, or pipe). intransitive verb

To develop, project, or be situated as an offset. intransitive verb

To become marked by or cause an unintentional transfer of ink. intransitive verb

To set off; balance; countervail; especially, to cancel by a contrary claim or sum: as, to offset one account against another.

Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.

(c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.

The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.

The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

(signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.

The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.

A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.

A terrace on a hillside.

Words that are spelled similarly to offset:
offset, off-set, off set, offlet.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word offset:
lithography, printing, midpoint, utc, byte, emissions, cache, carbon, costs, greenhouse, fault, voltage, expenses, gains, deficit, bits, ink, binary, savings, losses, cylinder, address, cost, frequency, profits, reduction, angle, crash, input, axis, taxes, tax, zero, increases, plates, segment, revenue, carrier, output, print, balance, net, reducing, spending, measured, file, plate, debt, value, load, credits, printed, benefits, weight, consumption, loss, decline, wheel, instruction, negative, platforms, impact, increase, reduce.

Words that rhyme with offset:
set, get, bet, vet, net, whet, upset, asset, fret, let, mindset, wet, epithet, internet, forget, yet, regret, sweat, outlet, debt, pet, vignette, threat, beset, beget, silhouette, reset, jet, abet, onset, alphabet, sobriquet, stet, met, sublet, pret, parapet, rosette, outset, et, preset, inlet, gimlet, typeset, ret, cadet, gazette, inset, sunset, coronet, dragnet, baguette, duet, avocet, octet, subset, ethernet, pipette, cornet, tet, flageolet, cigarette, minaret, bayonet, brunette, minuet, chet, cassette, corvette, soviet, dead set, charrette, roulette, quartet, lorgnette, tete, clarinet, marmoset, quintet, suffragette, nett, sextet, barrette, cabriolet, piet, baronet, tibet, anisette, smet, joliet, lafayette, heavyset, vette, colette, calumet, headset, antoinette, brett, vedette, handset.

Adjectives that are often used to describe offset:
fragment, photo, other, bronder, input, web, litho, double, common, maximum, federal, pound, zero, cost, final, floor, positive, tehran, cbl, relative, variable, direct, 222-223, initial, tbd, rfa.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective offset:
lithograph, lithography, binary, distance, printing, staff, press, qpsk, the, fed, reflector, cover, strength, ink, paper, surface, cylinders, rim, coupled, reissue, publication, measurements, arch, process, trading, field, location, sections, method.

Consonant match to offset:
off-site, off site.

Words that sound like offset:
offset, off set, off-set, offsite, off site, off-site, offside, offsets, off side, offshoot, all set, off-white, off white, off shoot, asset, aset, eset, acet, esset, offutt, ossett, osset, offcut, ocet, ofsa, oft, offs, onset, aust, outset, offed, offsides, offsetting, effet, fausset, acit, offert, efit, awst, icit, off sides, afit, ecit, afsa, icet, offsider, off-center, off center, ossete, isett, saw set, ifat, off speed, upset, reset, afoot, eyesight, effete, lisette, eye sight, au fait, esat, lissette, isat, nset, ass hat, ice out, afat, assaut, efed, tea set, f c, recette, fossette, nuff said, asot, efate, a sight, a site, assat, faucet, offices, fawcett, soffit, faucett, offish, ofsted, fausett, outsit, saw fit, aussicht, awsa, acid, acide, afs, afid, aceto, aast, affret, afrit.