offset

IPA: ɔfsˈɛt

Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
(international trade) 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.
(printing, often attributive) The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
(programming) 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.
(surveying) 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.
(botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
(architecture) 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.
(architecture) A terrace on a hillside.

(transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
(transitive) To place out of line.
(transitive) To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

Examples of "offset" in Sentences

The company decided to plant trees to offset the carbon emissions from their operations
The additional cost of shipping was offset by the savings from ordering in bulk
She used a higher SPF sunscreen to offset the risk of getting sunburned at the beach
The bright colors on the walls helped to offset the dark furniture in the room
Eating a healthy breakfast can help offset the feelings of fatigue later in the day