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1. Compensate for or counterbalance
   "offset deposits and withdrawals";
   - countervail
    
2. Make up for
   "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength";
   - cancel, set off
    
3. Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
    
4. Create an offset in
   "offset a wall"
    
5. Produce by offset printing
   "offset the conference proceedings"

1. The time when something begins
   "she knew from the offset that he was the man for her";
   - beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go [N. Amer], start, kickoff, starting time, showtime
    
2. A compensating equivalent
   - counterbalance
    
3. A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
   - stolon, runner
    
4. A natural consequence of development
   - outgrowth, branch, offshoot
    
5. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
   - offset printing
    
6. Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
   - set-back, setoff

Derived forms: offsetting, offsets, offset

Type of: balance, compensation, consequence, construction, create, effect, equilibrate, equilibrise [Brit], equilibrize, event, impress, issue, make, outcome, plant organ, point, point in time, print, printing, printing process, result, structure, transfer, upshot

Encyclopedia: Offset