the time at which something is supposed to begin;"they got an early start" "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
a compensating equivalent
a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
a natural consequence of development
a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
Verb:
compensate for or counterbalance;"offset deposits and withdrawals"
make up for;"His skills offset his opponent"s superior strength"
cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
create an offset in;"offset a wall"
produce by offset printing;"offset the conference proceedings"
中英词源
offset 抵消，补偿
off,离开，set,建立，开始。其原义为出发，后用于指抵消，补偿。
offset (n.)
1550s, "act of setting off" (on a journey, etc.), from off + set (adj.). Meaning "something "set off" against something else, a counterbalance" is from 1769; the verb in this sense is from 1792. As a type of printing, in which the inked impression is first made on a rubber roller then transferred to paper, it is recorded from 1906.
