offset
Example Sentences
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It's left leaders weighing how best to offset the impact of cheap Chinese goods.
From BBC
The increase in electricity costs over the year is mostly related to the end of government rebates that had been offsetting surging inflation numbers, the data showed.
But investors still might consider offsetting any concentrated bets — such as those on tech stocks, Lerner said.
From MarketWatch
HP has previously said it plans to raise the prices of its computers, work with lower-cost suppliers and reduce memory configurations to partially offset those costs.
The growth was due to menu price and product mix, partially offset by a decrease in traffic, the company said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
