OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 909

offset

/ˈɒf.sɛt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ajuste • compensación • descuento • reducción
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
There were more applicants for situations than vacancies, and nothing better or more congenial to my taste offering, I accepted a place in a Saloon. The salary was $100 per month,…
Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
desplazamiento
The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof.
desfasaje • desfase • excentricidad
The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
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Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 910

offset

/ɒfˈsɛt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
compensar • desfasar • subsanar
To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
I'll offset the time difference locally.
to offset one charge against another
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