set-off

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something used to improve the appearance; a decoration, an ornament. dated
  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. 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.

词形变化

set-offs plural

词源

Deverbal from set off.
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