If a bidder for Paramount did emerge, went the theory, then the profit on the Paramount position would offset losses as Time shares fell.

So far, he said, profits from the ice arena have offset losses from the baseball stadium.

Buying two or more of the same article changes things, but the seller may have already raised his price by one cent and that profit will offset any rounding down.

Global fund managers often sell shares in one market and use the profits to offset losses accumulated elsewhere.

The ongoing profits from this arrangement should more than offset our losses on Giedi Prime.

The profits he would make from a casino in the Catskills, he has said, would more than offset the loss of revenues in Atlantic City.

That profit will offset part of the loss sustained on the actual stocks.

But the $450 million profit on Prime more than offset the $80 million loss on Extended Stay.

Some of the decline can be attributed to the growth of off-track betting and simulcasting, but profits there don't offset the losses at the track.

While he stands to lose money on his contract if futures prices rise above the June level, larger profits from his crops would offset that.