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carbon offsetting
[ kahr-buhn awf-set-ing, of‐ ]
noun
- (in a cap-and-trade system) a reduction by an organization or country of its carbon dioxide emissions and other atmospheric pollutants that compensates for an equivalent amount of excess emissions by another organization or country:
Carbon offsetting does not always have a quantifiable impact on the planet.
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Other Words From
- car·bon off·set noun
- car·bon off·set·ter [kahr, -b, uh, n , awf, -set-er, of, -], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carbon offsetting1
First recorded in 1990–95
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Example Sentences
Through its carbon offsetting feature, this also represented 75,000 tons of carbon emissions.
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