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Noun [English]

Forms: set-offs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from set off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|set off}} Deverbal from set off Head templates: {{en-noun}} set-off (plural set-offs)
  1. (dated) Something used to improve the appearance; a decoration, an ornament. Tags: dated
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  2. The act of setting off on a journey; a departure, a start.
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  3. (law) A counterclaim; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
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  4. (generally) Anything set off against another thing; a compensation, a counterbalancing circumstance. Related terms: standoff, step-off
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  5. (finance) The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder out of his or her account.
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  6. (printing) An offset.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors): уравняване (uravnjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), compensació [feminine] (Catalan), compensatie [feminine] (Dutch), schuldvergelijking [feminine] (Dutch), kuittaus (Finnish), compensation [feminine] (French), Aufrechnung [feminine] (German), συμψηφισμός (sympsifismós) [masculine] (Greek), compensazione [feminine] (Italian), compensação [feminine] (Portuguese), ура́внивание (urávnivanije) [neuter] (Russian), compensación [feminine] (Spanish), bigaypala (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors': 11 24 20 27 8 10

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      "_dis1": "11 24 20 27 8 10",
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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        "feminine"
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "11 24 20 27 8 10",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "11 24 20 27 8 10",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "11 24 20 27 8 10",
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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      "_dis1": "11 24 20 27 8 10",
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
      "word": "bigaypala"
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}
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        "(printing) An offset."
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compensatie"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
      "word": "kuittaus"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compensation"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufrechnung"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "lang_code": "el",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "compensazione"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors",
      "word": "bigaypala"
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}

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