Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
- noun That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
- noun In architecture, a connecting member interposed between a lighter and a more massive structure projecting beyond the former, as between a lower section of a wall or a buttress and a section of less thickness above; also, that part of a wall, or the like, which is exposed horizontally when the part above it is reduced in thickness. Also called
offset . - noun A counter-claim or-demand; a cross-debt; a counterbalancing claim.
- noun In law:
- noun The balancing or countervailing of one debt by another.
- noun The claim of a debtor to have his debt extinguished in whole or in part by the application of a debt due from his creditor, or from one with whom his creditor is in privity.
- noun In printing, same as
offset , 9. Alsosetting off .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
- noun That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
- noun (Law) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
- noun (Arch.) Same as
Offset , n., 4. - noun (Print.) See
Offset , 7.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which is
set off against another thing; anoffset . - noun dated That which is used to
improve theappearance of anything; adecoration ; anornament . - noun law A
counterclaim ; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by thedefendant against theplaintiff 's demand. - noun printing An
offset .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
- verb leave
- verb provoke or stir up
- verb make up for
- verb set in motion or cause to begin
- verb direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
- verb put in motion or move to act
- verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy
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Examples
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But the problem presents itself when I look at my friends' Facebook photos and see telltale florid skin set-off against chalky white rings around their eyes, as though they've just touched down after a fortnight on the Alps in skiing goggles.
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The United States collects taxes on behalf of foreign governments already (and allows a set-off against our taxes for taxes collected abroad) for all kinds of things, property, income taxes, etc.
Solution to the illegal alien problem in health care... (Blog for Democracy) 2009
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Our own machine-guns were able to get in some good work among those crowded Turks, and those who know say that their losses must have been an ample set-off to our own.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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They can set-off their little firecrackers all day every day as far as I'm concerned.
CNN Poll: North Korea a very serious threat to the U.S. 2009
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Intensifying competition has prevented the market leader from raising car prices to an extent to fully set-off higher costs.
Maruti to Raise Car Prices Nikhil Gulati 2010
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Just after Christmas at Stanstead airport my wife's 85-year-old, hideously white aunt was led away and strip-searched after her back-brace corset set-off the air-side check-in alarm.
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They use these positive cash flows to set-off capital losses.
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Bates points to a glitch in one of Skype's calling programs: "A handful of Windows clients failed and set-off a chain reaction that brought down Skype."
Skype hits the skids, suffers extensive outage (updated after jump) Rob Pegoraro 2010
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CIA-Mossad to set-off nuclear bomb in Chicago 24, likely on Holy Saturday 4-11-09
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Our charged voices have set-off a chain reaction amongst the Washington political masses, because we actually turned the tables on the anti-sovereignty, pro-illegal immigration organizations.
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