- something that counterbalances or makes up for something else, as compensation for a loss.
- a counterbalancing debt or claim, especially one that cancels an amount a debtor owes.
- Also called offset. Architecture.
- a reduction in the thickness of a wall.
- a flat or sloping projection on a wall, buttress, or the like, below a thinner part.
- something used to enhance the effect of another thing by contrasting it, as an ornament.
- offset (def. 7).
- to embark on a journey
- to cause (a person) to act or do something, such as laugh or tell stories
- to cause to explode
- to act as a foil or contrast to, esp so as to improve
- to cancel a credit on (one account) against a debit on another, both of which are in the name of the same person, enterprise, etc
- to bring a claim by way of setoff
- anything that serves as a counterbalance
- anything that serves to contrast with or enhance something else; foil
- another name for setback
- a counterbalancing debt or claim offered by a debtor against a creditor
- a cross claim brought by a debtor that partly offsets the creditor's claim
- a fault in which ink is transferred from a heavily inked or undried printed sheet to the sheet next to it in a pile
