1550s, "act of setting off" (on a journey, etc.), from off + set (adj.). Meaning "something 'set off' against something else, a counterbalance" is from 1769; the verb in this sense is from 1792. As a type of printing, in which the inked impression is first made on a rubber roller then transferred to paper, it is recorded from 1906.
例文
1. The decline in marriage has been offset by a rise in cohabitation.
結婚人数の減少は同居人数の増加によって補われている。
2.Prices have risen in order to offset the increased cost of materials.
は原料コストの増加を補償するために価格を高めた。/
3.The slowdown in domestic demand was offset by an increase in exports.
国内需要の減速と輸出の伸びは互いに相殺された。
4.Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.
彼らの増加した賃金は物価上昇によって相殺される。
5.They jump their prices to offset heavy expenditures.