offset
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- Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
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compensation
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- (international trade) 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.
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compensation,
compensation industrielle,
offset
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- (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
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début
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- The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
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décalage
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- (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
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offset
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offset
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- (transitive) To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.
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contrebalancer,
compenser
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