Meaning

present participle and gerund of offset.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of offset
2. The use of one thing to offset another; the practice of compensating for or counterbalancing one thing or amount by another contrary thing or amount
3. The act or process of offsetting or displacing; displacement.
4. The amount by which something is offset or displaced; an offset or displacement.

Example Sentences

Such offsettings tend to reduce the variations of the aggregate.

But in the absence of a perfect equilibrium i.e. some countries developing over-all deficits and others over-all surpluses, the circular offsettings will have only a limited function to perform.

Ultimately, the need for education on climate change and carbon offsetting could be a determining factor in the success of the carbon offsetting market.

Those writers advocating neglect or the use of a net-of-tax method for that part of the negative timing differences that is larger than the positive ones are, of course, advocating an offsetting of timing differences.

Standards that consider an offsetting of assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses are limited.

It is rarely the case that one can actually place hands on the contact of faulted beds, and the displacement is usually indicated by an offsetting of outcrops or the abrupt termination of beds along their strike.

Offsetting is closely related with sweeping. For example, the constant radius offsetting of a planar curve can be given as the boundary curve of the sweep region of a circle moving along the curve.

Misalignment of shafts is an offsetting of their axes.

Word Forms

• offsettings

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When Should You Use Offsetting?

Use offsetting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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