set off

Definitions

General English

• phrasal verb to begin a trip
• phrasal verb to start something happening

Accounting

• noun
  (written as set-off)
  an agreement between two parties to balance one debt against another or a loss against a gain
• verb to use a debt owed by one party to reduce a debt owed to them

Law

• noun
  (written as set-off)
  a counterclaim by a defendant which should be deducted from the sum being claimed by the claimant

Publishing

• noun
  (written as set-off)
  a printing defect where a sheet is marked with wet ink from another newly printed sheet
• verb to transfer ink from one sheet to another

Nearby Definitions of “set off”

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Contexts for “set off”

7 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Law
• Publishing