I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
carbon offsetting
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There are websites that let you buy carbon offsets.
offset mortgage
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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partially
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This was partially offset by a 30 percent increase in public-sector wages and those of the military.
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Land reclamation could partially offset that loss, but the feasibility of such conversion is questionable because of the huge costs involved.
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However, this was partially offset by related expenditure reductions.
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Since young workers typically earn lower salaries, their greater numbers would be partially offset by their lower earnings.
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Furthermore, the price rises were partially offset by increases in compensation payments on top of wages and pensions.
partly
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A downturn in one part of the world has always been partly offset by growth elsewhere.
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That was partly offset by a 27. 4 % increase in overseas deliveries.
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The obvious contradiction that this created between Reagan as campaigner and as governor was partly offset by compensatory reductions in property taxes.
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Earnings fell short of analysts' expectations, however, as increased problem loans partly offset revenue gains.
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Any decline in water loss might also be partly offset by the resulting increase in atmospheric water vapour pressure deficit.
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These were partly offset by grants and capital allowances totalling £9.2 million.
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Such allowances are paid to employees to partly offset the expense of moving home.
■ NOUN
advantage
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The rise of on-site generation, however, would offset this particular advantage .
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But Weld has said he will now accept them to offset the fund-raising advantage of Sen.
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This can be a significant amount, which may offset many of the advantages of leasing.
benefit
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Under the supplementary benefit system, single parents could earn additional income and only part of this was offset against their benefit.
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Any increase in national insurance benefits are offset against the additional benefit that claimants obtain from income support.
cost
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Budget the cost through fixed monthly payments and - depending on the project - offset some of the cost through tax relief.
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Ford may offset some of its costs by selling ads to run on the Internet service its employees will use.
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The developers say the housing investment would offset the cost of rescuing the convent from dereliction.
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Banks claim surcharges are needed to help offset the cost of installation and maintenance.
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Traditionally there is a new-price premium on diesels which offsets cheaper running costs .
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We have calculated a $ 3 per household recommendation to offset these additional costs incurred during the holidays.
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And the central bank collects a premium for selling the option, which helps to offset the costs of intervention.
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In equilibrium this higher marginal revenue exactly offsets transportation costs .
costs
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More importantly, they were able to offset totally any child-minding costs they incurred while going out to work.
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Ford may offset some of its costs by selling ads to run on the Internet service its employees will use.
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Traditionally there is a new-price premium on diesels which offsets cheaper running costs .
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We have calculated a $ 3 per household recommendation to offset these additional costs incurred during the holidays.
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And the central bank collects a premium for selling the option, which helps to offset the costs of intervention.
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In equilibrium this higher marginal revenue exactly offsets transportation costs .
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Egg hopes by selling funds it can offset the costs of luring customers with unprofitable savings rates.
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There are certain supplementary sources of revenue which might help to offset some of the costs .
cut
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But he failed miserably in getting lawmakers to pass offsetting spending cuts , aggravating two decades of deficits.
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Driven by budget politics, lawmakers are looking for a way to offset politically popular tax cuts .
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The deficit hawks also won an agreement to find offsetting cuts for any eventual increase in committee costs.
decline
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However, this improvement has been insufficient to offset the decline in other areas.
demand
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Sales of bread and sandwiches fell, but were offset by buoyant demand for more expensive sweet lines such as cakes and doughnuts.
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A 0.8% increase in distribution to industrial customers offset a fall in demand from domestic and commercial customers.
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However, this is offset by the demands that are made on spatial analysis and modelling methodology.
effect
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Its successor will be better, and contain extra lenses that should offset the effects of the bungled mirror.
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None is big enough or bold enough to offset the negative effects of the financial collapse.
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But cost controls have helped offset the worst effects of the downturn, says chairman Sir Roy Watts.
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Coordinated monetary and fiscal policies put in place to offset the effects of the stock market crash quickly accelerated the global economy.
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Despite the evidence, the Conservative government in the 1980s has been determined to lower income taxation to offset its disincentive effects .
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The turnaround also was partly due to sharp cost-cutting to offset the effects of failed new products.
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This is useful since it offsets the effect of IC1 itself to some extent.
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The government has instruments, particularly monetary and debt policy, with which it can offset the aggregate effects of taxes.
gain
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What is less certain is whether they have been, or will be, offset by corresponding gains .
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Earnings fell short of analysts' expectations, however, as increased problem loans partly offset revenue gains .
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Loss of Exchequer revenue has been considerable and has not been offset by any gain in total expenditure on health care.
growth
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A downturn in one part of the world has always been partly offset by growth elsewhere.
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The problems faced by the agricultural sector were offset by continued growth in the non-traditional manufacturing areas such as garments.
impact
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But until April, lower interest rates failed to offset the impact of the recession and house prices continued to fall.
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On the other hand, the many other activities of London tended to offset the impact of a manufacturing recession.
increase
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Such stagnation as there was in income percapita was offset by the increase in numbers.
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The question is, will the softening demand be able to offset the increase in supply.
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Any decline in water loss might also be partly offset by the resulting increase in atmospheric water vapour pressure deficit.
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Furthermore, the price rises were partially offset by increases in compensation payments on top of wages and pensions.
lack
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Experience may offset a lack of access to sophisticated and costly specialist skills.
loss
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A strong merchant banking contribution was more than offset by losses on investment management and stockbroking and some heavy loan provisions.
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Land reclamation could partially offset that loss , but the feasibility of such conversion is questionable because of the huge costs involved.
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Membership dropped by 23,000 last year to 265,000, although officials say additional members attracted this year has almost offset that loss .
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But it seems, nothing is gained without an offsetting loss .
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The plan calls for massive reductions in logging coupled with an aid package to offset job losses .
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The company will offset the losses by selling stocks and real estate.
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However, if you do this, be sure to take more club than normal to offset the loss in distance.
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The mortgage traders offset the losses with profits they had squirreled away for a rainy day.
market
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Competition policy aims to offset market failures arising from scale economies and market power.
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Industrial policy is designed to offset other sources of market failure which arise in the production process.
price
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Workers would receive a single bonus payment equivalent to US$27 to offset the price rises.
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He announced increases in wages and pensions to offset the price rises.
problem
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To offset the problem , the teachers agreed to salary cuts!
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Yasuo Fukuda, the government spokesman, yesterday denied that the government planned any measures to offset this problem .
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Chairman John Reeve said Severfield has taken out credit insurance to offset future bad debt problems .
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There are a number of ways in which a surveyor can attempt to offset the problems usually associated with claims.
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A close relationship with the father can offset some of the problems .
profit
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If the doubled level of wartime was a more significant imposition, it was to a degree offset by greater farming profits .
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Any remaining loss may then be carried forward to offset profits in the succeeding fifteen years.
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Other reforms include the abolition of landowners' right to offset farming losses against profits from other business.
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The mortgage traders offset the losses with profits they had squirreled away for a rainy day.
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Charlotte, North Carolina-based First Union earnings rose 21 percent, as higher fees offset sluggish lending profit .
rate
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Guidebooks advise travellers to bring their fully duty-free quota, to offset the official rate of exchange.
reduction
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The obvious contradiction that this created between Reagan as campaigner and as governor was partly offset by compensatory reductions in property taxes.
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However, the increase would be offset by future reductions in planned station hardware and related programs.
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These expenses would be offset by a reduction in unit labour costs.
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However, this was partially offset by related expenditure reductions .
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So increases in state spending were largely offset by corresponding reductions by taxpayers.
revenue
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For both partnerships and companies all properly incurred expenses of the trade can be offset against revenue when computing taxable profit.
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Earnings fell short of analysts' expectations, however, as increased problem loans partly offset revenue gains.
sale
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They more than offset weaker export sales and a slower buildup of inventories of unsold goods.
tax
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There are certain expenses that you can offset against tax , which you should put down on your tax form.
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Driven by budget politics, lawmakers are looking for a way to offset politically popular tax cuts.
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Mortgage relief is available only up to £30,000 while childcare expenses can not be offset against tax .
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You pay tax on the compensation, but the corporation saves an offsetting amount of tax by deducting the compensation payment.
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The tax should be fiscally neutral, that is, offset by tax cuts in other areas.
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Aside from the risk and complications, fees offset most of the tax break.
■ VERB
help
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But cost controls have helped offset the worst effects of the downturn, says chairman Sir Roy Watts.
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Banks claim surcharges are needed to help offset the cost of installation and maintenance.
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And the central bank collects a premium for selling the option, which helps to offset the costs of intervention.
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Traders said domestic institutions are selling stock in order to raise money to pad their bottom lines and help offset bad loans.
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There are certain supplementary sources of revenue which might help to offset some of the costs.
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There, governors were aggressively courting companies like Rohr to help offset high unemployment and rural poverty.
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Even a small amount of power from that engine would have helped to offset the tremendous drag of the wheels hanging out.
use
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Non-members could buy tickets on the door and the ticket money would be used to offset the cost of future concerts.
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No attempt should be made to use monetary policy to offset any disturbances which may occur from time to time.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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$3000 was spent in US schools to offset the disadvantages of about 6 million school children.
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Profits in GM's computer services were not enough to offset the huge losses in its automotive operations.
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Streaks of blond in his hair offset his deep tan.
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The savings on staff wages are offset by the increased maintenance costs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Chairman John Reeve said Severfield has taken out credit insurance to offset future bad debt problems.
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His gravitas, offset with a flickering irony, gives the production a strong moral centre.
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Suprise traumatized her, offsetting the sting of the slap.
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That was partly offset by a 27. 4 % increase in overseas deliveries.
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The impact of the savings this year will be offset by investments in several businesses.
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The obvious contradiction that this created between Reagan as campaigner and as governor was partly offset by compensatory reductions in property taxes.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Circuit to adjust offset with no effect on input offset or input offset drift.
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If such estimates are correct, then offset schemes would be impractical on a large scale.
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Letterset a printing process combining offset printing with a letterpress relief printing plate.
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The needles are then slightly offset .
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The stitch lines are offset to prevent cold spots occurring.
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There were seven offset litho printers in the country.