bell notificationshomepageloginedit profileclubsdmBox

Search word meanings:

Word Meanings - SET-OFF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand. Note: Set-off differs from recoupment, as the latter generally grows out of the same matter or contract with the plaintiff's

Additional info about word: SET-OFF

A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand. Note: Set-off differs from recoupment, as the latter generally grows out of the same matter or contract with the plaintiff's claim, while the former grows out of distinct matter, and does not of itself deny the justice of the plaintiff's demand. Offset is sometimes improperly used for the legal term set-off. See Recoupment. (more info) 1. That which is set off against another thing; an offset. I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman. D. Jerrold. 2. That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SET-OFF)

Related words: (words related to SET-OFF)

  • SETTLEMENT
    A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
  • SETT
    See 3
  • ENHANCEMENT
    The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
  • BACKGROUND
    The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures. Note: The distance in a picture is usually divided into foreground, middle distance, and background. Fairholt. 3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had
  • SETTER
    A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by
  • CONTRAST
    To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities. The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. Lyell.
  • SETTEE
    A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
  • SETTLE
    1. A seat of any kind. "Upon the settle of his majesty" Hampole. 2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. 3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. And from the bottom upon the ground, even
  • SETTLER
    1. One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc. 2. Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England. 3. That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which
  • ELUCIDATION
    A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.
  • CONTRASTIMULANT
    Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. -- n.
  • SETTLING
    That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment. Milton. Settling day, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market. (more info) 1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self,
  • SETTING-UP EXERCISE
    Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.
  • SETTERWORT
    The bear's-foot ; -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. Dr. Prior.
  • SETTLEDNESS
    The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state. Bp. Hall.
  • SET-OFF
    A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand. Note: Set-off differs from recoupment, as the latter generally grows out of the same matter or contract with the plaintiff's
  • SETTING
    1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting of moist plaster of Paris; the setting of a current. 2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does;
  • UPSETTING
    Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. Jamieson.
  • TYPESETTING
    The act or art of setting type.
  • ROSETTA WOOD
    An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.
  • SUNSET; SUNSETTING
    1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell. 2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west. Sunset shell , a West
  • FRISETTE; FRIZETTE
    a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.
  • ANISETTE
    A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange.
  • NARRAGANSETTS
    A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.
  • ROUSSETTE
    A fruit bat, especially the large species inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
  • FALSETTO
    A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.
  • CASSETTE
    See SEGGAR
  • FOSSETTE
    A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea. (more info) 1. A little hollow; hence, a dimple.
  • DISSETTLEMENT
    The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.
  • CROSSETTE
    A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow. The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
  • COSSETTE
    One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making.

 

Back to top