How to say "offset" in Japanese

• 相殺そうさいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers offsetting in the sense of two things cancelling each other out or counterbalancing, as in losses offset by gains. Typical in accounting and financial talk.
• 偏りかたよりCommon
  nounRarely the word you want for the everyday 'offset' senses; it really means deviation, bias, or unevenness. It appears under 'offset' chiefly for technical uses such as an offset from a reference value.
• 埋め合わせるうめあわせるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbA verb for offsetting as compensating: one thing makes up for or counterbalances a loss, deficit, or shortcoming. Suits contexts like rising costs offset by savings elsewhere.
  なくした時間じかんを埋め合うめあわせなければならない。↗

  We must make up for lost time.
• 見合うみあうCommon
  godan verb, intransitive verbA verb for offsetting in the sense of corresponding to or being proportionate to something, as when a cost is offset by an equivalent benefit. Often describes two amounts balancing each other.
  このお金かねであなたの要求ようきゅうに見合みあいますか。↗

  Will this amount of money meet your need?

Use 相殺 for cancelling out, 「埋め合わせる」 for compensating, 「見合う」 for balancing against, and 「偏り」 mainly for the technical 'offset' sense of deviation or bias.

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• 相殺そうさいoffset
• 偏りかたよりdeviation
• 埋め合わせるうめあわせるto make up for
• オフセットoffset
• 埋め合わすうめあわすto make up for
• 裏移りうらうつりset-off
• オフoffset
• 見合うみあうto correspond (to)
• カバーto cover (a loss)