English Explanatory Dictionary

set-off

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  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.

Word forms

set-off set-offs

Etymology

Deverbal from set off.

Related words

standoff step-off

Translations

Bulgarian: уравняване Catalan: compensació Dutch: compensatie Dutch: schuldvergelijking Finnish: kuittaus French: compensation German: Aufrechnung Greek: συμψηφισμός Italian: compensazione Portuguese: compensação Russian: ура́внивание Spanish: compensación Tagalog: bigaypala
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