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set-off

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Deverbal from set off.

noun set-offs

  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. Anything set off against another thing; a compensation, a counterbalancing circumstance. 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.

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noun extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors

Españolcompensación
Portuguêscompensação
Françaiscompensation
DeutschAufrechnung
Italianocompensazione
Ελληνικάσυμψηφισμός sympsifismós
Русскийура́внивание urávnivanije

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@misc{set_off_2026,
  title = {set-off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/set-off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}