The phrase "able to offset a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the capacity to counterbalance or compensate for something, often in financial or environmental contexts.
Example: "The new policy is designed to be able to offset a significant portion of the carbon emissions produced by the factory."
Alternatives: "capable of countering a" or "able to balance a".
Insurers are able to offset a portion of their underwriting loses through earnings on investments.
But if the owner upgrades the property, he is able to offset a considerable chunk of those costs on to the rent.
But Fluor was able to offset a shrinking backlog with new business like a major refinery upgrade in Russia.
Until two years ago it looked like nothing would interrupt the flow of applications from Asia, with rising demand in New Delhi able to offset a decline in New York.
Sarah is widely regarded as an electoral asset, but nothing was able to offset an undeniably catastrophic Euro election result.
Because real estate investors are able to write off depreciation of the asset (since investing is considered a business), as well as expenses from active and passive real estate investments, we are often able to offset an incredible amount of income and defer taxes until selling the asset.
Chapman said the government is able to offset any fear of retribution by taking a soft approach to disciplining nonvoters.
In the long-run, this won't change much; banks will still be able to offset all their losses eventually.
Our analysis suggests that Enterprise should be able to offset any negative profit pressures, and that [its] evolving strategic responses will lead to eventual profit upgrades.
Among 60 low-income, food-deficit countries surveyed in early 2008, applied tariffs on cereals and vegetable oils were already fairly low, with 2006 data showing on average rates of only 8 and 14percentt respectively.2 Hence, even when reduced to zero, reductions in tariff levels were able to offset only a small proportion of the overall price rises of food imports.
"We don't want to get caught if that happens," she said In Nassau County, Great Neck had a 2percentt decrease of $165,763, but was able to offset that loss with a $200,000 grant from a separate pool of money secured by a local legislator.
