Offsetting

Definitions

1. The use of one thing to offset another; the practice of compensating for or counterbalancing one thing or amount by another contrary thing or amount
   countable, uncountable
2. The act or process of offsetting or displacing; displacement.
   countable, uncountable
3. The amount by which something is offset or displaced; an offset or displacement.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Such offsettings tend⟳ to reduce⟳ the variations of the aggregate.”

“But in the absence of a perfect equilibrium i.e. some countries developing over-all deficits and others over-all surpluses, the circular offsettings will have⟳ only a limited function to perform⟳.”

“Ultimately, the need⟳ for education on climate change⟳ and carbon offsetting could be a determining factor in the success of the carbon offsetting market.”

“Those writers advocating neglect⟳ or the use⟳ of a net-of-tax method for that part of the negative timing differences that is larger than the positive ones are, of course, advocating an offsetting of timing differences.”

“Standards that consider⟳ an offsetting of assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses are limited.”

“It is rarely the case that one can actually place⟳ hands on the contact⟳ of faulted beds, and the displacement is usually indicated by an offsetting of outcrops or the abrupt termination of beds along their strike⟳.”

“Offsetting is closely related with sweeping. For example, the constant radius offsetting of a planar curve can be given as the boundary curve of the sweep⟳ region of a circle moving along the curve.”

“Misalignment of shafts is an offsetting of their axes.”

“After a thorough examination it showed that the structure⟳ was very poor, the channel changed its profile regularly (i.e. egg-shaped, circular, arch shaped) and also showed several vertcal ledges with axis offsettings of up to 0.5 m. .”

“A more unfavorable influence⟳ can be brought to linings by the shift of the surface loading when its offsetting is smaller than 30 m in the case.”

“When measuring lines in any given direction, the position of all fences, houses, brooks, &c., within a chain of the line, must be determined by offsettings taken to them , and entered down in the field-book as right and left offsets; they are generally taken with a deal⟳ rod, ten links in length.”

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