Set-off - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈsetˈɒf|
Brit.
|ˈsetɒf|
verb
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to begin a journey or trip.
He set off in search of better opportunities.
- (idiomatic) To begin; to cause; to initiate.I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a huge argument.
- (idiomatic) To cause to explode.What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a crowded place.
- (idiomatic) To make angry.Don't set him off or he won't shut up all day.
- (idiomatic) To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.My taxes did not increase because the amount of my raise was set off by my losses in the stock market.
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.
- (printing) 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.
- (printing) An offset.
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