BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Offset
- a transaction that balances all or part of an earlier transaction in the same security
Wiktionary Definition for: Offset
- A time at which something begins.
- Ex: ''You can hear the gun go off at the '''offset''' of the race.''
- A compensating equivalent.
- Ex: ''Today's victory was an '''offset''' to yesterday's defeat.''
- Offset printing.
- Something that compensates and builds further upon something else.
- Ex: ''To point to a location in a computer's memory you need a segment address and an '''offset''' within that segment.''
- To compensate for something.
- Ex:''I'll '''offset''' the time diffence locally.''
Additional Resources
- Blue Source, Goldman in "Largest Publicly Announced" Carbon Offset Deal
- Carbon offset developer Blue Source announced the completion of the "largest publicly announced U.S. offset deal" (his description, reportedly): a $12 million carbon transaction between Blue Source and Goldman Sachs Group. The deal reportedly met Climate Action Reserve CAR and Voluntary Carbon Standard quality standards. It also included credits from...
- News items 2009-10-15
- Offset Atlanta Adds Xerox iGEN3 Press to Grow Its Digital and Offset Business; Offset and digital volume expected to rise due to customer demand for both services
- ATLANTA & ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Offset Atlanta has added a Xerox (NYSE: XRX) iGen3R 110 Digital Production Press to help grow revenue, broaden its customer base, and complement its traditional offset printing services.
- Research articles 2006-01-24
- Offset, Gravure Events.(Brief article)
- By Lisa Cross Coldset, Heatset, Newspaper Printers Meet Conferences on offset and gravure take center stage on this month's list of key industry events. The Web Offset Assn. and PIA/GATF launch a new conference called Offset and Beyond,...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Elanders AB acquires Skovde Offset AB
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-3 June 2004-Elanders AB acquires Skovde Offset ABC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Swedish infomedia group Elanders AB said on Thursday (3 June) that it had agreed to acquire the printing company Skovde Offset AB for an undisclosed sum. Skovde Offset provides high-quality offset printing services....
- Research articles 2004-06-03
- Offset Options Abound.(Features)
- Offset Options Abound By Bob Hall No doubt the world of small-format offset has changed greatly in the past few years as quality has improved and automation has been added. Today's small-format offset press boasts faster make-ready, quicker changeover, better stock...
- Research articles 2007-06-01
- Managing a Competitive Imperative: Achieving High Performance With Effective Offset Deals
- Challenged by relentless pressure on their resources and the continuing need to focus on core operations, most contractors see offset as a distraction. They fail to see it as a vehicle to accelerate the development of overseas markets and their own operating capabilities. As a result, they fail to leverage...
- White papers 2006-06-20
- FCC Chairman Reed Hundt last week made good on his promise to abandon the idea of a so-called productivity offset for the cable industry. (Brief Article)
- FCC Chairman Reed Huntit last weak made good on his promise to abandon the idea of a so-called productivity offset for the came industry. Cable operators currently can pass the full cost of inflation through to subscribers. Under the offset, operat FCC Chairman Reed...
- Research articles 1994-09-19
- Is offset dead?
- Twenty-five years ago, nobody could have predicted the predicament in which offset press technology now finds itself First, highspeed analog production copiers from Xerox and Kodak took away virtually all black-andwhite jobs that were produced on offset pTwenty-five years ago, nobody could have predicted the predicament in which offset press...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- Delta to Launch Worldwide Carbon Offset Program for Customers This Summer; Becomes First U.S. Airline to Offer Customers Opportunity to Offset Carbon Emissions Associated with Air Travel; Delta to Make Donation to The Conservation Fund on Behalf of All Cu
- M2 PRESSWIRE-19 April 2007-Delta-Air: Delta to Launch Worldwide Carbon Offset Program for Customers This Summer; Becomes First U.S. Airline to Offer Customers Opportunity to Offset Carbon Emissions Associated with Air Travel; Delta to Make Donation to The Conservation Fund on Behalf of All Customers Traveling on...
- Research articles 2007-04-19
- Delta's Green Efforts Grow with Carbon Offset Program Launch and Expanded On-board Recycling; Delta becomes first U.S. airline to offer carbon offset opportunity; first trees to be planted across the Gulf Coast Region this fall; Expanded recycling program
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 June 2007-DELTA AIR LINES: Delta's Green Efforts Grow with Carbon Offset Program Launch and Expanded On-board Recycling; Delta becomes first U.S. airline to offer carbon offset opportunity; first trees to be planted across the Gulf Coast Region this fall; Expanded recycling program includes aluminum,...
- Research articles 2007-06-18
- Table 20.—Individual income tax refund offsets for repayment of specific outstanding taxpayer obligations or debts, by selected type of program or U.S. government agency to which amount was owed, calendar years of offset, 1988-2005 [1]
- Table 20.--Individual Income Tax Refund Offsets for Repayment of Specific Outstanding Taxpayer Obligations or Debts, by Selected Type of Program or U.S. Government Agency to Which Amount Was Owed, Calendar Years of Offset, 1988-2005 [1] [Money amounts are in thousands of dollars] ...
- Research articles 2006-09-22
- Will Airlines Lose Carbon Offset Cash?
- The fear of creating a bigger carbon footprint is making some ecoconscious consumers pay to minimize the environmental impacts of air travel. And while some airlines are offering these carbon offsets on plane flights for a price, other private companies are attempting to cash in at major airports. Customers at San Francisco International Airport will...
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- Not your father's offset: a roundtable on industry trends.
- Traditional offset and direct imaging offset DI technology have evolved. Today's DI far surpasses that which first took the world by storm in the 1990s. Since, then, quality, ease of use, and level of automation have all improved. This is not your father's offset. ...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Sweden's Trelleborg AB acquires US company MacDermid Offset Printing Blankets
- NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-19 March 2008-Sweden's Trelleborg AB acquires US company MacDermid Offset Printing BlanketsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Swedish industrial group Trelleborg AB said on Wednesday (19 March) that its business area Trelleborg Engineered Systems has agreed to acquire the US company MacDermid Offset Printing Blankets from MacDermid Inc....
- Research articles 2008-03-19
- The offset report: The offset market has seen a slowdown as a result of the economy, but there is reason for optimism in 2003
- The offset ink market has continued to struggle against a harsh economic climate, but despite this, many in the industry are predicting that things will begin to pick up in 2003. The offset ink industry has faced a serious downturn. The National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers' NAPIM 2002...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- Carlson Hotels Worldwide Recaps Loyalty Program Carbon Offset Campaign.
- TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-12 November 2008-Carlson Hotels Worldwide Recaps Loyalty Program Carbon Offset CampaignC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Newly tabulated results from a carbon-offset campaign conducted earlier this year by Carlson Hotels Worldwide report the initiative generated sufficient donations from members of...
- Research articles 2008-11-12
- PIRA INTERNATIONAL: Web-Offset'99 will tackle the technical issues.
- 3 M2 PRESSWIRE-10 December 1998-PIRA INTERNATIONAL: Web-Offset'99 will tackle the technical issues C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD3 RDATE:071298 Pira International is to hold its 8th International Web-Offset conference from Tuesday 9th-Wednesday 10th March 1999 at the London ...
- Research articles 1998-12-10
- Offset Bronze Pigment From MD-Both Industries
- MD-Both Industries is offering two new premium grade bronze powders for metallic offset inks. According to the company, a new premium line of Supersheen offset pastes for sheetfed, UV and heatset inks will be offered using MD 6327, the first of the new powders. In addition, the existing Supersheen line...
- Research articles 2001-01-01
- Queensland Motorists Get Option To Offset Carbon Emissions
- QUEENSLAND MOTORISTS will soon have the option to offset their vehicles' carbon emissions through a voluntary payment that will go toward the state's forestry projects. As part of the new Reverse The Effect programme, motorists will receive a flyer with their car registration renewal inviting them to make a donation...
- News items 2009-11-04
- PrintManagement Offers Customers Faster Turnaround, Offset-Like Print Quality with Xerox iGen3 Press; iGen3 'Gives Us Speed, Quality and Personalized Printing Capabilities That Just Aren't Possible in an Offset Printing Environment'
- CINCINNATI & ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- PrintManagement has installed a Xerox (NYSE:XRX) iGen3R Digital Production Press to offer customers faster turnaround times on print jobs, offset-like print quality, and personalization capabilities - where content and images vary from page to page. With the digital press the company expects to triple its...
- Research articles 2004-09-08
