These cuts are designed to offset $1.3bn in new defence and national security spending.
These projects are designed to "offset" or "cancel" out a driver's emissions.
And generally the amount of stock they repurchase is designed to offset options grants.
Washington says the tariff is designed to offset government subsidies to Canadian producers; Canada wants the fees eliminated.
The legislation is designed to offset the low prices farmers receive by making direct payments to them.
These measures, applied to paper, steel, tyres and chemicals among others, are designed to offset China's subsidies.
But these were designed to offset the expected shortfall in revenue in 2004 before the extra tax cuts were announced.
The highway ramps were designed to offset an estimated 80,000 vehicle trips coming from the development each day.
That is designed to offset losses to insurance companies, which would now be prevented from denying coverage to people who already have health problems so-called pre-existing conditions.
The additional monetary boost provided by increasing the purchase of Japanese bonds from ¥50tn (£279bn) a year to ¥80tn a year is designed to offset the drag on demand caused by higher taxes.
