'debt offset' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the process of using a payment or credit to reduce a person's debt. For example, "John used his tax refund to offset part of his debt."
But postal officials said the service's expenses of $18.2 billion, which included continuing debt, offset the modest increase in revenue.
The drop in credit card debt offset a small rise in a measure of auto and student loans.
While acknowledging Italy's high public debt and low economic growth, Mr. Saccomanni argued that fiscal discipline, low private debt, the lack of a real estate bubble and limited foreign debt offset those weaknesses.
Cablevision Systems said Thursday that its second-quarter profit fell sharply as a loss related to paying down debt offset revenue gains from more people signing up for video, Internet and phone services.
Cox Communications, the nation's fourth-largest cable television provider, Tuesday reported a wider loss in the quarter as charges from reducing debt offset new customer gains for high-speed Internet and other services.
The Resolution Foundation thinktank warned that even the limited increases in interest rates envisaged by Carney in a speech in Lincoln Cathedral on Thursday would push 1 million households into "debt peril", with the higher cost of servicing debt offsetting the pick-up in wage growth seen in recent months.
Donald Trump's plan could drive up interest rates and increase the national debt, offsetting the economic benefits of his tax plan, reported the Tax Policy Center.
The bank said: We have slightly reduced our 12-month, sum of the parts-based price target, largely reflecting an increase in the mark-to-market value of Northumbrian's debt, partly offset by a lower net debt figure.
Governments in countries with their own currency just need to issue more sovereign debt to offset the desirable decline in bank debt.
Creditor agency has the same meaning as found at 31 U.S.C. 3701 e)(1) and means any Federal agency that is owed a claim or debt that seeks to collect that claim or debt through offset of Federal payments.
The bank reported charges of $4.8 billion related to changes in the value of its debt, partially offset by gains of $3.4 billion from equity investments and debt-related transactions.
