offset

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

off·set AW [offset offsets offsetting] verb, adjective BrE [ˈɒfset] NAmE [ˈɔːfset] NAmE [ˈɑːfset]
verb (off·set·ting, off·set, off·set)
to use one cost, payment or situation in order to cancel or reduce the effect of another
•~ sth Prices have risen in order to offset the increased cost of materials.
•~ sth against sth (BrE)What expenses can you offset against tax?
Verb forms:

Example Bank:
•The company's losses in the US were more than offset by gains everywhere else.
•The loss was partially offset by increases in revenues elsewhere.
•The money will help offset big medical bills.
•Your donations to charity can be offset against tax.
•Fuel prices have risen to offset the increased costs of crude oil.
•Offset against this return will be all the costs involved in developing the product.
•The cost of social benefits to immigrants is more than offset by their contribution to the economy generally.
•What expenses can you offset against tax?

 
adjective only before noun used to describe a method of printing in which ink is put onto a metal plate, then onto a rubber surface and only then onto the paper
 
see also ↑carbon offset

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  set-back, setoff, offset printing, outgrowth, branch, offshoot, stolon, runner, counterbalance, cancel, set off, countervail