"a partial offsetting" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
Example: The increase in sales was a partial offsetting to the decrease in production costs.
This price restraint seems particularly timely as a partial offset to the cost of energy, mainly oil and natural gas, which has jumped 13.1percentt in the last year.
"Strict adherence to cost-cutting programs provided a partial offset to significantly higher fuel prices, continuing international losses, a weak economy and slower volume growth," said Frederick Smith, the chief executive.
For example, if a student has a fellowship or a research assistantship from his/her advisor to work on the proposed project, we welcome this as a partial offset of cost.
This suggests a partial offset of the shortwave cooling supported by clouds and points to a reduction in the dampening of the ice-albedo feedback in the presence of increased cloud cover, a connection that is linked to interannual variability in sea ice34.
Regardless, a partial offset will be key chains, cuff links and other relatively inexpensive gifts in those well-known Tiffany blue boxes.
Japan's large U.S. Treasury holdings result from the reinvestment of trade surpluses it has historically enjoyed with the U.S. The gains serve as a partial offset to the huge losses in equity and real estate holdings.
The IFC reported a partial offset from lower liquid asset trading income, higher administrative costs, and higher advisory service expenses.
Multiply $50,000 averagee teacher salary) times the thousands of high schools and junior high schools throughout California, and then think of that amount as a partial offset to the deep slashes presently gouging our schools, with more gouging to come.
As the number of COPD treatments increased from the single to the LABA, LAMA and ICS therapy cohorts, the cost of prescription treatment increased; and there was a partial offset in COPD related costs between the LABA or LAMA group and the LABA and LAMA therapy group.
This could be due to partial offsetting of the increase in target expression (ie residual target excess not allowing complete suppression) or it could be interpreted to mean that there are other targets.
