Definition of "offsets" []

• Plural form of offset. (noun)

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• "Moreover, Nkem-Abonta said, over the medium to long term offsets only benefitted the purchasing country if their use was limited and restricted to a very small number of countries."
• "There is some $465 million in offsets, plus the possibility of considerably more, up to about $800 million, in offsets or industrial benefits."
• "Abu Dhabi, the capital city that holds almost all the U.A.E.'s oil reserves, qualified for UN credits known as offsets, designed to encourage richer countries to finance carbon-reductions in developing nations."