offset Definition

1. A start; the outset.
2. A side-shoot on a plant, used for developing new plants.
3. printing.
A process in which an image is inked on to a rubber roller which then transfers it to paper, etc.
4. Anything which compensates or is a counterbalance for something else.

Thesaurus: balance; redress, compensation.
5. A spur or ridge projecting from a mountain range.
6. archit.
A ridge or sloping break in the surface of a wall or pier, etc, formed when the structure reduces in thickness towards the top.
7. surveying.
A short distance measured at right angles to a main survey line.
8. elec.
A small deviation of voltage or current, etc.

1. To counter-balance or compensate for something.

Example: price rises offset by tax cuts
Thesaurus: make up for, neutralize, balance, compensate for, make amends for, requite, negate, equalize.
2. To print something using an offset process.
3. archit.
To construct an offset in a wall, etc.
intr
4a. To develop as an offset;
intr
4b. To project as an offset.