offset

Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

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.

A time at which something begins; outset.

The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.

The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

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

The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.

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.

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