offset a loss
1loss — noun 1 losing of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ appreciable, considerable, significant, substantial ▪ dramatic, great, huge, major, serious …
2loss relief — / lɒs rɪˌli:f/ noun an amount of tax not to be paid on one year’s profit to offset a loss in the previous year …
3Offset agreement — Defense offset agreements are legal trade practices in the aerospace and military industries. These commercial practices do not need state regulations but, since the purchasers are mostly military departments of sovereign nations comparable to… …
4offset — verb ADVERB ▪ largely, substantially ▪ The carbon emissions are largely offset by planting trees. ▪ completely, exactly, fully ▪ more than …
5loss — n. 1) to inflict losses on (our forces inflicted heavy losses on the enemy) 2) (sports) to hand smb. a loss (they handed our team its first loss of the season) 3) to incur, suffer, sustain, take losses (to take heavy losses) 4) to make up, offset …
6offset — 01. My lack of skill in playing squash is somewhat [offset] by my speed and effort in the game. 02. We had to lay off some staff to [offset] the increase in fuel costs. 03. The airport has instituted a special tax to [offset] the cost of… …
7loss — The opposite of gain. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * loss loss [lɒs ǁ lɒːs] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] the fact of no longer having something that you used to have, or having less of it: • loss of earnings through illness ˈjob loss… …
8Loss Attributing Qualifying Company — A Loss Attributing Qualifying Company (LAQC) is a company which, by New Zealand law, must pass on any losses to its shareholders. The shareholders can then offset these losses against their personal income.References*… …
9offset — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. neutralize, balance, counteract, cancel [out], counterbalance, counterpoise. See compensation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. balance, counterbalance, compensate, equalize, set off, requite, recompense,… …
10Carbon offset — Part of a series on Green economics Concepts …