offset
verbBand 8
UKˌɒfˈset
USɔːfˈsɛt
To counteract or balance out something with an opposing force or action.
Airlines let passengers offset their carbon emissions.
Savings in one area offset the extra costs in another.
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To offset something is to set an opposing action against it, balancing its effect.
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Similar and opposite
- Similar
- counterbalancecompensate forcounteract
- Opposite
- add tocompound
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