Look up: set-off

1. 
   Set back-off
   Ledge on wall face.
   Found on http://www.castlesontheweb.com/glossary.
   
   
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   Set It Off
   `Set It Off` is a 1996 drama film directed by F. Gary Gray, and stars Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise, as four close friends from Los Angeles who decide to plan and execute a bank robbery. They decide to do so for different reasons, although all four want better for themselves and their families than the opportunities available to them than in the racist and post-industrial Los Angeles.
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_It_Off
   
   
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   set off
   [v] - set in motion or cause to begin
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Set off
   The accidental transfer of the printed image from one sheet to the back of another.
   Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.
   
   
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   Set-Off
   A printing fault where ink transfers from a sheet to the one below as it leaves the press creating an undesirable ghost image. This can be cured if necessary by interleaving. The machine minder should be able to correct the problem.
   Found on http://www.bobs.co.uk/print/glossary.htm
   
   
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   Set-off
   A form of defence whereby a debtor may acknowledge the claimant`s demand but pleads his own claim in order to extinguish the claimant`s demands either in full or in part.
   Found on http://www.payontime.co.uk/collect/colle
   
   
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   Set-off
   See Offset.
   Found on http://www.britishprint.com/tw/glossary.
   
   
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   set-off
   the reciprocal elimination of opposite claims whether provided by law or arrived at by mutual agreement Category: Commerce - movement of goods
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Set-off
   Set'-off` noun [ Set + off .] 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. 3. (Law) A counterclaim; a ...
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    set-off
    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. ... 3. A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set u ...
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    Set-off
    The term `set-off` can refer to the following: * In law, set-off is the reduction of a claim by deducting the amount of a valid countervailing claim * In architecture, set-off is given to the horizontal line shown on a floorplan indicating a reduced wall thickness, and consequently the part of the thicker portion appears projecting before the thinner. * In printing, set-off is the name given to ink passing from one printed sheet to another be...
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    Set-off
    • (n.) Same as Offset, n., 4. • (n.) See Offset, 7. • (n.) That which is set off against another thing; an offset. • (n.) That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament. • (n.) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff...
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    Set-Off
    The right of the non-defaulting party to reduce its debt to the defaulting party by the amount owed it. Discover What It’s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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    set-off
    a method of cancelling or offsetting reciprocal obligations and claims (or the discharge of reciprocal obligations up to the amount of the smaller obligations). Set-off can operate by force of law or pursuant to a contract.…
    Found on http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.js
    
    
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    SET-OFF
    The unwanted transfer of printing ink from a printed sheet to a surface facing it. Not be be confused with Offset.
    Found on http://www.fiskprinters.co.uk/glossary.a
    
    
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    Setoff
    Undesirable transfer of wet ink from the top of one sheet to the underside of another as they lie in the delivery stack of a press. Also called offset.
    Found on http://www.tso.co.uk/solutions/publishin
    
    
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    Setoff
    Money held on behalf of a borrower that may be applied to repay the loan, but usually without the permission of the borrower.
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg
    
    
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    Setoff
    Undesirable transfer of wet ink from the top of one sheet to the underside of another as they lie in the delivery stack of a press.
    Found on http://www.e-printing.co.uk/glossary.htm