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set-offs

set-offs is the plural of set-off.

Meaning of set-off

Noun

set-off (plural 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. (generally) 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.

Questions about set-offs

What is set-offs the plural of?
Set-offs is the plural of set-off.

Words near set-offs in the dictionary

  1. set-netted
  2. set-netter
  3. set-netters
  4. set-netting
  5. set-off
  6. set-offs
  7. set-piece
  8. set-pieces
  9. set-shot
  10. set-shots
  11. set-stitched

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