How to pronounce “set-off”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
• (dated) That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
• (law) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
• (finance) The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder out of his or her account.
• (printing) An offset.

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