transcription, транскрипция: [ ɒfset, AM ɔ:f- ]
( offsets, offsetting)
Note: The form 'offset' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb.
If one thing is offset by another, the effect of the first thing is reduced by the second, so that any advantage or disadvantage is cancelled out.
The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity...
The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.
= balance
VERB : be V-ed , V n