offsetting

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As a reminder, we discussed on the last call the offsetting impacts that we felt the economy may be having on our business.

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  1. The act of providing with a bend or offset. Bending and offsetting of the pipe is a matter of economy or taste with the pipe-fitters. Sci. Amer., N. S., LXI. 107.
  2. Setting off; tending away. Made the offsetting streams of the pack, and bore up to the northward and eastward. Kane, Sec. Grinn. Exp., I. 33.
  3. Counterbalancing; equivalent. The greatest amount of heat received from the sun and offsetting radiation from the earth, other things being equal, is, of course, as we have seen, at the equator. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXV. 78.
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  • In an industry as young as offsetting, and one which is under scrutiny and constant attack by skeptics, it is essential that additionality is transparent and verified by a credible third party. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • NativeEnergy emissions offsetting, and a look back at the relationship between DMB and Bela Fleck and The Flecktones. —  DMB Headlines Courtesy of antsmarching.org
  • JetOffsets solution -- offsetting every single flying hour with QuickNet Air. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • The idea of offsetting is that you exchange the carbon emissions you make today for carbon reductions made a later date, somewhere else. —  The Guardian World News
  • Since changes to forecast imports were mostly offsetting, the increase in world corn trade is based on prospects for exports and is accommodated by an increase in the "unaccounted" import category. —  CattleNetwork
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