Definition of offset

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Offset (v. i.) To make an offset.

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Stepper :: Stepped (a.) Provided with a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of stairs; as, a stepped key..
Offset :: Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
Set-off :: Set-off (n.) Same as Offset, n., 4..
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error..
Offset :: Offset (n.) In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something.
Redan :: Redan (n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level..
Offsetting :: Offsetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Offse.
Offset :: Offset (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek..
Skew :: Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place..
Cross :: Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
Setback :: Setback (n.) Offset, n., 4..
Set-off :: Set-off (n.) See Offset, 7..
Offset :: Offset (v. t.) To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc..
Step :: Step (v. i.) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs..
Scarcement :: Scarcement (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing..
Offset :: Offset (imp. & p. p.) of Offse.
Set-off :: Set-off (n.) That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
Offset :: Offset (n.) A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off..
Offset :: Offset (n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor..
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