offset account

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• offset account — An account that reduces the gross amount of another account to derive a net balance. An example is a fixed asset that remains in the books of account at cost as a debit balance and is offset by a provision for depreciation account, which… …   Accounting dictionary

• Offset Account — ⇡ Verrechnungskonto, das im ⇡ Verrechnungsverkehr zwischen zwei Ländern in einer Drittwährung (meist in US Dollar) geführt wird …   Lexikon der Economics

• offset — A deduction; a counterclaim; a contrary claim or demand by which a given claim may be lessened or canceled. A claim that serves to counterbalance or to compensate for another claim. Steinmeyer v. Warner Consolidated Corp., 42 Cal.App.3d 515, 116… …   Black's law dictionary

• Offset — Off set , n. [Off + set. Cf. {Set off}.] In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something; as: [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of {Houseleek} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Offset staff — Offset Off set , n. [Off + set. Cf. {Set off}.] In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something; as: [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Offset — Off*set , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offset}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Offsetting}.] 1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another. [1913 Webster] 2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Offset — Off*set , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offset}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Offsetting}.] 1. To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another. [1913 Webster] 2. To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• offset — [v] counterbalance, compensate account, allow for, atone for, balance, be equivalent, cancel out, charge, counteract, counterpoise, counterpose, countervail, equal, equalize, equipoise, make amends, make up for, negate, neutralize, outweigh,… …   New thesaurus

• Offset mortgage — An offset mortgage is a type of mortgage common in the United Kingdom used for the purchase of domestic propertiesThe key feature of an offset mortgage is the ability to reduce the interest charged by offsetting a credit balance against the… …   Wikipedia

• offset — Taking a second futures or options position opposite to the initial or opening position. Selling (or purchasing) futures contracts of the same delivery month purchased (or sold) during an earlier transaction or making (or taking) delivery of the… …   Financial and business terms

• Offset agreement — Defense offset agreements are legal trade practices in the aerospace and military industries. These commercial practices do not need state regulations but, since the purchasers are mostly military departments of sovereign nations comparable to… …   Wikipedia