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The correct spelling is offset.
How to pronounce offset
noun
IPA: /ɒfˈsɛt/
Say it like: Off-set
The correct spelling is offset. Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent. For example: "Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat."
Usage Examples
“Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.”
“offset lithographs”
“An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
- 2.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.
- 3.(c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
- 4.The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.
- 5.The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
verb
- 1.To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
- 2.To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
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