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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

相殺する

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sōsai suru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Offset/ˈɒf.sɛt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"利益が損失を相殺します。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of a contrary one.

    "The reduction in heating costs is a major offset against the higher maintenance charges."
As verb
  1. 1

    To counteract or compensate for an effect by having an opposite force or effect.

    "The company used carbon credits to offset its heavy manufacturing emissions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English elements, combining 'off' (from Old English 'of') and 'set' (from Old English 'settan'). Originally used in surveying and architecture to denote a lateral distance from a given line, the term evolved to encompass financial balancing and mechanical printing techniques.

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