日入一词_108：offset
To offset some of the cost, SQL Server includes a feature that allows you to compress your data at different levels—specifically, tables and indexes. You can actually compress any of the following:
verb /ˌɔf'sɛt/ (past tense and past participle offset, present participle offsetting)
1
if the cost or amount of something offsets another cost or amount, the two things have an opposite effect so that the situation remains the same.
to cancel or reduce the effect of (something) : to create an equal balance between two things.
to use one cost, payment or situation in order to cancel or reduce the effect of another.
to balance one influence against an opposing influence, so that there is no great difference as a result.
to balance the effect of something, with the result that there is no advantage or disadvantage.
If one thing is offset by another, the effect of the first thing is reduced by the second, so that any advantage or disadvantage is cancelled out.
Cuts in prices for milk, butter, and cheese will be offset by direct payments to farmers.
offset something against something
He was able to offset his travel expenses against tax.
Gains in one area offset losses in another.
The limited storage space in the house is offset by the large garage.
Prices have risen in order to offset the increased cost of materials.
What expenses can you offset against tax?
The extra cost of travelling to work is offset by the lower price of houses here.
He keeps his petrol receipts /rɪ'sit/ because petrol is one of the expenses that he can offset against tax (= can show to the government as being a business cost, and so not pay tax).
Falling sales in Thailand were offset by strong performances in other markets.
Donations /do'neʃən/ to charities /'tʃærəti/ can be offset against tax.
The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity. [productivity = /ˌprodʌk'tɪvəti/ noun, the rate at which goods are produced, and the amount produced, especially in relation to the work, time, and money needed to produce them]
The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo. [shortfall = /'ʃɔrtfɔl/ noun, the difference between the amount you have and the amount you need or expect ] [embargo = /ɪm'bɑrɡo/ noun, an official order to stop trade with another country]
2
to make something look better by being close to it and different.
His blonde hair offset a deep tan. [blonde = /blɑnd/ adjective, blonde hair is pale or yellow in colour] [tan = /tæn/ adjective, having darker skin after spending time in the sun]
3
to do something that will make an action or activity carbon neutral. [If a person, organization, event, etc. is carbon /'kɑrbən/ neutral /'nʊtrəl/, it does things such as planting trees to reduce carbon dioxide /daɪ'ɑksaɪd/ by the same amount as it produces it.]
to pay for things that will reduce carbon in order to reduce the damage caused by carbon that you produce.
If you have to travel by air, offset your carbon emissions by supporting renewable energy projects. [emission = /ɪ'mɪʃən/ noun, a gas or other substance that is sent into the air]
We offset all our long-haul flights. [long-haul flight/route/destination etc a long-haul flight etc is over a very long distance OPP short-haul] [long/slow haul /hɔl/ something that takes a lot of time and effort]
adjective /ˌɔf'sɛt/
relating to a method of printing in which ink is put onto rollers and the paper then passes between the rollers.
used to describe a method of printing in which ink is put onto a metal plate, then onto a rubber surface and only then onto the paper.
noun /ˌɔf'sɛt/
1
a method of printing in which ink is put onto paper from another surface.
2
something that balances the effect of something else, so that there is no advantage or disadvantage.
tax offsets.
adverb /ˌɔf'sɛt/
not straight /stret/, or not in a straight line
The second row of seats was slightly offset to one side.
