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set-off en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from set off.

Meanings

  1. (dated) Something used to improve the appearance; a decoration, an ornament.
  2. The act of setting off on a journey; a departure, a start.
  3. A counterclaim; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
  4. (qualifier:generally) Anything set off against another thing; a compensation, a counterbalancing circumstance.
    • [A]ll of them, of whatever age, require opportunities for rest and reading and indoor amusements, as a set-off against the constant strain on mind and body of looking after lunatics. 1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, London: Allen & Unwin, page 193:
    • D. Jerrold I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman.
  5. The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder out of his or her account.
  6. An offset.

Forms

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Relateds

standoff · step-off

Translations (13)

tl bigaypala (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · pt compensação (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · es compensación (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · nl schuldvergelijking (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · el συμψηφισμός (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · bg уравняване (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · ca compensació (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · ru ура́внивание (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · it compensazione (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · de Aufrechnung (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · nl compensatie (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · fr compensation (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) · fi kuittaus (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors)