What does 'offset' mean?

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What does 'offset' mean?

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Offset

–noun 1. something that counterbalances or makes up for something else, as compensation for a loss.  

2. Accounting. a counterbalancing debt or claim, esp. one that cancels an amount a debtor owes.  

3. Also called offset. Architecture. a. a reduction in the thickness of a wall.  

b. a flat or sloping projection on a wall, buttress, or the like, below a thinner part.  



4. something used to enhance the effect of another thing by contrasting it, as an ornament.  

5. Printing. offset (def. 7).  

[Origin: 1615–25; n. use of v. phrase set off]