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carbon offset

carbon offset noun: a reduction in carbon dioxide emission by a third party purchased by a heavy carbon dioxide producer as part of carbon emissions trading.

Noun

carbon offset (plural carbon offsets)

  1. A reduction in carbon dioxide emission by a third party purchased by a heavy carbon dioxide producer as part of carbon emissions trading.
    • Today, if you want to counter the carbon impacts you create from flying, you too can buy carbon offsets.2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 28
    • Carbon offsets do seem to offer the most direct way to assuage traveler’s guilt. In theory, they magically expiate your sins.2019 June 3, Andy Newman, “If Seeing the World Helps Ruin It, Should We Stay Home?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    CO₂ offset

Synonyms of carbon offset

Forms of carbon offset

pluralcarbon offsets

Words formed from carbon offset

Questions about carbon offset

What does carbon offset mean?
Carbon offset means a reduction in carbon dioxide emission by a third party purchased by a heavy carbon dioxide producer as part of carbon emissions trading.
What part of speech is carbon offset?
Carbon offset is a noun.
What is the plural of carbon offset?
The plural of carbon offset is carbon offsets.

Words near carbon offset in the dictionary

  1. carbon negative
  2. carbon neutral
  3. carbon neutrality
  4. carbon number
  5. carbon numbers
  6. carbon offset
  7. carbon offsets
  8. carbon offsetting
  9. carbon oil
  10. carbon oxide
  11. carbon oxides

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