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{{anchor|1}} Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

{{anchor|2}} (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.

{{anchor|3}} (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.

{{anchor|4}} (attributive) The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.

{{anchor|5}} (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

(signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level.

{{anchor|6}} The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

(surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

(botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.

A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

(architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.

(architecture) A terrace on a hillside.

To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.

To place out of line.

To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.

Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play.