noun
- something that counterbalances or makes up for something else, as compensation for a loss.
- Accounting. 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.
- Printing. offset(def 7).