Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Offsetting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Offset \Off*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offset}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Offsetting}.]
1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to
offset one account or charge against another.
2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
offsetting
adj : compensating for [syn: {countervailing}, {compensatory}, {compensative}]
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