offset a balance
1offset — countervail, balance, Compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise Analogous words: Neutralize, negative, counteract: *nullify, negate: redeem, reclaim, save, *rescue …
2Offset — Elimination of a long or short position by making an opposite transaction. Related: liquidation. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. offset off‧set 1 [ˈɒfset, ˌɒfˈset ǁ ˈɒːfset, ˌɒːfˈset] verb offset PTandPP offsett …
3offset — Taking a second futures or options position opposite to the initial or opening position. Selling (or purchasing) futures contracts of the same delivery month purchased (or sold) during an earlier transaction or making (or taking) delivery of the… …
4offset — off·set 1 / ȯf ˌset/ n: a claim or amount that reduces or balances another claim or amount: set off the creditor s own debt was an offset; also: the reduction or balance achieved by such a claim off·set 2 /ˌȯf set/ vt: to balance, reduce, or… …
5balance — I (amount in excess) noun carry over, excess, extra, leftover, margin, oddments, overflow, overmeasure, overplus, overrun, oversupply, plus, reliquus, remainder, remaining portion, remains, remnant, residual, residual portion, residue, residuum,… …
6offset — [ôf′set΄; ] for v., usually [ ôf set′] n. 1. something that is set off, or has sprung or developed, from something else; offshoot; extension; branch; spur 2. anything that balances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensation 3.… …
7balance — n 1 Balance, equilibrium, equipoise, poise, tension are comparable when denoting the stability or efficiency resulting from the equalization or exact adjustment of opposing forces. Balance suggests a steadiness that results when all parts are… …
8balance — or Balance [bal′əns] n. [ME & OFr, prob. via ML < VL * bilancia < LL bilanx, having two scales < L bis, twice + lanx, a dish, scale < IE * elek , extended stem of base * el , to bend > ELBOW] 1. an instrument for weighing, esp. one …
9Offset — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.… …
10Offset — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.… …