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Another word for offset

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offset

v.

balance, counterbalance, compensate, equalize, set off, requite, recompense, be equivalent, make amends, allow for, charge against, place against, equipoise, counterpoise, neutralize, counteract, countervail, equal, counterpose, negate, account, rob Peter to pay Paul*.

Antonyms burden*, overbalance, overload.

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Another word for offset

noun

Something to make up for loss or damage:

amends, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, quittance, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, satisfaction, setoff. See substitute

verb

To act as an equalizing weight or force to:
balance, compensate, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, make up, set off. See order
To make up for:
balance, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, neutralize, outweigh, redeem, set off. See substitute

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The risk of failure in mining enterprises is offset by the chances of more than ordinary profits.
You can't offset the balance of the entire universe for one woman.
The obstacle due to lack of coal is offset by the splendid water powers 'afforded by the rapid streams in all parts of the province.
This is offset by a very heavy emigration, which sometimes exceeds the immigration in certain of the states.
With further transfer of the carbon from the graphitic to the combined state, the matrix itself grows weaker (EF); but this weakening is offset in a measure by the continuing decrease of discontinuity due to the decreasing proportion of graphite.

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