offset
noun
something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
have been offsetting
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present perfect progressiveof offset.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“Those two forces have been offsetting each other, and for 2011, they have just about balanced each other out,” said Jerry Webman, chief economist of OppenheimerFunds, the giant mutual fund company.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2011
