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Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat.
1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 39:
There were more applicants for situations than vacancies, and nothing better or more congenial to my taste offering, I accepted a place in a Saloon. The salary was $100 per month, which was somewhat of an offset against the peculiarities of the position.
(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.
2017, Nick Johnstone, Ryan Gosling - The Biography:
Later, Timberlake would tell Playboy that he noticed Ryan's talent from the offset, saying, 'I thought he had charisma that was just beaming, which has turned out to serve him really well as an actor.'
There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing.
(surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.
An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.
(botany) A short prostrateshoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening):
[…] [I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place. Such bulbs tend to dwindle away instead of fattening up and producing offsets.
(architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off.
1953 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 396:
But the modest gain in comfort and operating convenience so secured has been more than offset, in my experience, by the draughtiness of the standard cab.
1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103:
In order to gain first-hand experience of the operation of the new services I made a footplate journey on the only down two-hour train in the current timetable, the 8.30 a.m. Paddington [to Birmingham], a new express put on to offset the withdrawal of the 8.40 a.m. from Euston.
1962 April, “Motive power miscellany: Western Region”, in Modern Railways, page 280:
The maroon livery of D1001 is offset, not only by yellow buffer beams and "aprons", but by white-painted cab window frames.
2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian:
The company said its rising production and sales were largely offset by reductions in the impact of raw material use, for instance by replacing virgin cashmere fibres with regenerated cashmere that had previously been considered a waste material.
Offset Riley is romantically involved with Alexandra Maria Lara, who plays lan Curtis's lover Annik Honoré in Control.
2014, Ivan Raykoff, Dreams of Love: Playing the Romantic Pianist, page 82:
Anita's pianoises are made offset for her by Norma Boleslawski, wife of late, great director Richard Boleslawski.
2018, Frank Henson, Luck of Losing the Toss:
'Are the pubs open?' When the reply came back that they were indeed open, he would say, 'Then fuck your quarterly,' and rush offset, even though the break wasn't meant for the actors.
2021, Padraic Maroney, It All Began With A Scream:
Not only did the cast and crew get along on set, that camaraderie continued offset as well.
2022, Stephen Glynn, David Bowie and Film: Hooked to the Silver Screen, page 56:
For his scenes in alien form Bowie had to spend up to five hours each day in make-up: offset he painted, wrote and read voraciously.
2013, Kathleen A. Tracy, Superstars of the 21st Century, page 134:
By then, the cast had become good friends and spent all their offset time together.
2021, Kevin Marshall Pinkney, On the Mark:
This is the principal need for a stand-in. To allow the actor to reset their own performance in a space right offset; which may also include resetting wardrobe and makeup.
2022, Ian Dixon, Brendan Black, I’m Not a Film Star: David Bowie as Actor:
Offset photos show him absorbed in a biography of acting hero Buster Keaton upon whom Bowie modelled his stone face — 'on which you could read anything'.