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offsetting
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Offset \Off*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Offset; p. pr. & vb. n. Offsetting.] 1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another. [1913 Webster] 2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
offsetting \off`set"ting\ adj.
Compensating for.
Syn: countervailing, compensatory, compensative.
[WordNet 1.5]
