offset : Idioms & Phrases

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offset lithography

  • noun offset printing by lithography
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offset printing

  • noun a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
    offset.
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Offset staff

  • (Surv.), a rod, usually ten links long, used in measuring offsets.
Webster 1913

offsetting balance

  • noun a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank
    compensating balance.
    • the compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is reduced but the interest paid is unchanged
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photo-offset

  • noun a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates
    photo-offset.
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photo-offset printing

  • noun a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates
    photo-offset.
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right of offset

  • noun (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default
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