(~s, ~ting)
Note: The form '~' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb.
If one thing is ~ 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 ~ by higher productivity...
The move is designed to help ~ the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.
= balance
VERB: be V-ed, V n