offset
补偿,偏差,弥补,补偿费
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Definitions
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- : something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
- : the start, beginning, or outset.
- : 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 offset printing, offset lithography. Lithography. a process in which a lithographic stone or metal or paper plate is used to make an inked impression on a rubber blanket that transfers it to the paper being printed, instead of being made directly on the paper.the impression itself.
- : Also called setoff. Printing. an unintentional transfer of excess or undried ink from one printed sheet to another.
- : Geology. the magnitude of displacement between two previously aligned bodies.a spur of a mountain range.
- : Machinery. a jog or short displacement in an otherwise straight and continuous line, as in a pipe, lever, or rod, made to avoid objects or to connect with other parts.
- : Architecture. setoff.
- : Surveying. a short distance measured perpendicularly from a main survey line.Also called offset line .a line a short distance from and parallel to a main survey line.
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Examples
The shopping spree by the rich will not offset the spending cuts by the rest of the population.
Over the years, developers in San Diego have been required to fork over money to offset the impact of their development.
Early hot spots like New York City have cooled off, but that decrease in new cases is offset by a surge in states like Texas, Arizona, California and Florida.
Urchin, Dungeness crab and clam biomass fell when otters were present, but these losses were offset by gains in fish and other invertebrates that rely on kelp.
So I’ve always believed that the euro is problematic, because you’re creating a currency, but without a single banking system, without a fiscal union, without offsets to deal with it.
Fortunately, Pomplamoose made some money to offset some of these expenses.
He plants a tree in Central America for every bottle of Tru spirits he sells to offset the carbon produced in manufacturing.
The wealthy want to be seen as even more parsimonious, to offset the incriminating millions in their bank accounts.
And the potential growth in those businesses could easily offset the loss of revenues from selling tobacco.
It provides $63 billion in sequester relief, which is partially offset by a $23 billion mix of spending cuts and “fees.”
The Constitution requires that reapportionment or redistricting take place every ten years to population changes.