offset

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/ɒfˈsɛt/ English

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Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.“Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.”
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.“offset lithographs”

To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.“I'll offset the time difference locally.”
To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).