offset

Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.

There were more applicants for situations than vacancies, and nothing better or more congenial to my taste offering, I accepted a place in a Saloon. The salary was $100 per month, which was somewhat of an offset against the peculiarities of the position.

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 a

A time at which something begins; outset.

Later, Timberlake would tell Playboy that he noticed Ryan's talent from the offset, saying, 'I thought he had charisma that was just beaming, which has turned out to serve him really well as an actor.'

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

offset process

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

An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.

To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.

I'll offset the time difference locally.

to offset one charge against another

To place out of line.

To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.

Offset Riley is romantically involved with Alexandra Maria Lara, who plays lan Curtis's lover Annik Honoré in Control.

Anita's pianoises are made offset for her by Norma Boleslawski, wife of late, great director Richard Boleslawski.