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 offsetting ['ɔ:fˌsetiŋ添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 偏移(斜率,不均匀性,支距测法)

  1. Higher mortgage rates are partly offset by increased tax allowances.
    抵押款提高了,其中一部分可由免税额增加而抵消。
  2. He raised his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.
    他提高售价以补偿材料增加的成本。



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.

2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.

offsetting \off`set"ting\ adj.
Compensating for.

Syn: countervailing, compensatory, compensative.
[WordNet 1.5]

  1. Possibly offsetting that, Columbia recently estimated it has unrealized gains on publicly traded equity investments of more than $70 million.
  2. "Usually, you have offsetting effects," said Ruth Runyan, who oversees these statistics for the Commerce Department.
  3. Without such a system, margin levels are set for the futures and options trades at different clearinghouses with no consideration given to their offsetting effect.
  4. The No. 1 auto maker is expected to lose nearly $3 billion overall this year, with exceptionally heavy losses in North American auto operations offsetting profits overseas and in diversified businesses.
  5. Over the past three trading sessions, the price of the long bond has fallen about $30, more than offsetting the $21 gain it made Tuesday on news of a narrower U.S. trade deficit in April.
  6. Such a heavy short position in the market will eventually be positive for prices because in time those investors will have to buy offsetting contracts. Mr. Brimelow believes platinum is "deeply oversold" and will bounce back in the next few weeks.
  7. Chrysler Corp. today reported it lost $214 million in the third quarter, nearly offsetting the $251 million it earned in the first six months of 1990.
  8. Under threat of trade retaliation, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan have opened markets to American cigarettes since 1986, offsetting a decline in U.S. domestic sales.
  9. Automobile sales were down 0.6 percent, offsetting a 0.6 percent advance in June.
  10. Assets of the nation's 425 money market mutual funds rose $3.70 billion to $274.12 billion in the latest week, more than offsetting a $3.35 billion drop the previous week, the Investment Company Institute said.
  11. Junk bond critics say the bonds have never been tested by a recession, when losses from defaults are likely to rise, offsetting profits from high-interest earnings.
  12. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell of Maine has even suggested tax cuts that aren't coupled with offsetting tax increases, which would be an egregious violation of the pact.
  13. As a result, Exxon's refining margins were exceptionally high for the 1986 period, more than offsetting the effects of the oil-price collapse on other operations.
  14. In fact, if the offsetting purchase occurs any time within 30 days beforehand or afterward, it is considered a "wash sale" and the loss can't be deducted.
  15. Xerox Financial Services Inc., which encompasses the various operations, has been the star performer in Xerox the past year, offsetting sluggish growth in its more traditional business of photocopiers and printers.
  16. Prior to the charges and certain offsetting tax credits, an official said, the company had a small operating profit for the fourth quarter.
  17. By late in the second quarter, gold prices had dropped about $28 an ounce from the previous year's levels, portending considerably lower earnings for gold companies. Some companies have increased production, partially offsetting the decline in price.
  18. Mr. Grede added that there won't be a direct, or offsetting, trading link between the two markets in the same contracts.
  19. The Commerce Department said its Index of Leading Economic Indicators rose 0.9 percent in March, nearly offsetting a 1 percent drop the previous month.
  20. The irony is that these actions have been offsetting some of the good effects of President Reagan's domestic policies.
  21. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said food prices fell by 0.4 per cent during May, offsetting a 0.6 per cent increase in energy prices.
  22. With offsetting tax advantages, the net cost to the agency is expected to be $16.1 million, the Bank Board said.
  23. This reflected a 44 per cent increase in trading volume, from 34.8m to 50m contracts, offsetting a reduction in fees.
  24. (Moody's is quick to note that this figure would be marked down sharply if offsetting trades were factored in to the total.) Derivative contracts are often private trades and can extend for years.
  25. Mr. Fabbri noted such offsetting forces may mean that the overall trade deficit doesn't move very much.
  26. Joseph F. Paquette Jr., the utility's incoming chairman and chief executive officer, announced a variety of cost-cutting actions, including salary cuts for company officers, aimed at offsetting the decline.
  27. A Samsung spokesman said this proportion of offsetting revenues is "very low" compared with what other countries have extracted from U.S. defense vendors.
  28. Investors cover their short positions, or bets that the price will fall, by buying offsetting contracts.
  29. Analysts say performances at other SGB units won't come near to offsetting the drag on earnings from ACEC-UM and Gechem.
  30. As he watched profits vanish and losses mount, Mr. Heinz says, "my heart started pumping like I was a bypass patient." Within seconds, Mr. Heinz bailed out of his position by buying offsetting contracts.
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