offsetting
Making up for
Offsetting is counterbalancing or compensating for something.
Carbon offsetting involves reducing emissions elsewhere to balance one's own carbon footprint: The airline offers carbon offsetting for flights.
In finance, offsetting positions cancel each other's risk.
The word often appears in environmental and accounting contexts where one thing neutralizes another.
Offsetting force or weight
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- equilibriumState of balance
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
- counterpoiseBalancing opposing force
stability · leveling · equalization · adjustment · calibration · tare · proportion · symmetry
Recorded account reductions
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- entriesItems logged or submitted
- ledgerFinancial record book
- journalRecord of daily events
bookkeeping · reconciliation · posting · transactions · accruals · double-entry · write-offs · adjustments
Guarantee against loss
- reimburseReturn money owed
- redressCompensation for injury
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
recompense · remedy · rectify · atone · repay · settle · adjustment · damages
Substances released into air
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
- captureTake into custody
- tradingExchanging for value
reforestation · afforestation · planting · renewable · sustainability · greenhouse · footprint · neutrality
Formal recording of participation
- plateFlat dish for food
- inkWriting fluid
- pressApply force downward
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
overlay · layering · color separation · proofing · impression · transfer · positioning · misregistration
counterbalance
Offsetting force or weight
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- equilibriumState of balance
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
counterpoise · stability · leveling · equalization · adjustment · calibration · tare · proportion · symmetry · parity
debits
Recorded account reductions
journal · bookkeeping · reconciliation · posting · transactions · accruals · double-entry · write-offs · adjustments · contra
indemnify
Guarantee against loss
- reimburseReturn money owed
- redressCompensation for injury
- reparationCompensation for injury done
restitution · recompense · remedy · rectify · atone · repay · settle · adjustment · damages · recovery
emissions
Substances released into air
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- sequestrationAct of setting apart
- captureTake into custody
trading · reforestation · afforestation · planting · renewable · sustainability · greenhouse · footprint · neutrality · mitigation
registration
Formal recording of participation
alignment · overlay · layering · color separation · proofing · impression · transfer · positioning · misregistration · trapping
- adjustmentsadjustment, tweaks, adjust, shifts, fixes
- balanceequilibrium, balancing, harmony, stability, symmetry
- adjustingtuning, readjusting, calibrating, tweaking, modifying
- book damagewater damage, torn pages, loose pages, cracked spine, broken spine
- neutralizationneutralization, pH balance, buffer, buffer solution, buffering
- print defectsmisprint, typo, ink smear, blurry text, smudge
offsettingamplifying
Increasing strength or intensity
intensifying · reinforcing · magnifying · increasing · exacerbating
offsettingsupporting
Bearing or sustaining
supplementing · complementing · bolstering · furthering · abetting
- carbon offsettingFunding projects counteracting pollution