set-off

set-off englanniksi

1. Something used to improve the appearance; a decoration, an ornament. (defdate)

2. The act of setting off on a journey; a departure, a start. (defdate)

3. A counterclaim; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand. (defdate)

4. (i) Anything off against another thing; a compensation, a counterbalancing circumstance. (defdate)

5. D. Jerrold

I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman.

6. (quote-book)

7. The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder out of his or her account.

8. An offset.