Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010.
Offset — Elimination of a long or short position by making an opposite transaction. Related: liquidation. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. offset off‧set 1 [ˈɒfset, ˌɒfˈset ǁ ˈɒːfset, ˌɒːfˈset] verb offset PTandPP offsett … Financial and business terms
offset — Taking a second futures or options position opposite to the initial or opening position. Selling (or purchasing) futures contracts of the same delivery month purchased (or sold) during an earlier transaction or making (or taking) delivery of the… … Financial and business terms
Carbon offset — Part of a series on Green economics Concepts … Wikipedia
Hedge Accounting — is an accountancy practice.Why is hedge accounting necessary?Many financial institutions and corporate businesses (entities) use derivative financial instruments to hedge their exposure to different risks (for example interest rate risk, foreign… … Wikipedia
Carbon accounting — is the accounting undertaken to measure the amount of carbon dioxide equivalents that will not be released into the atmosphere as a result of Flexible Mechanisms projects under the Kyoto Treaty. These projects thus include (but are not limited… … Wikipedia
green accounting — n. A system in which economic measurements take into account the effects of production and consumption on the environment. Example Citation: Some independent research groups have tried to devise a kind of green accounting or general progress… … New words
carbon offset — n. A donation or other act that aims to remove a certain amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to compensate for the same amount of carbon dioxide that someone or something has added to the atmosphere. carbon offsetter n. carbon offsetting … New words
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United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
