setoff, set-back, offset
(noun) structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
setoff (plural setoffs)
(finance) The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder out of his or her account.
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Source: Wiktionary
Set"-off`, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: 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.
4. (Arch.)
Definition: Same as Offset, n., 4.
5. (Print.)
Definition: See Offset, 7.
Syn.
– Set-off, Offset.
– Offset originally denoted that which branches off or projects, as a shoot from a tree, but the term has long been used in America in the sense of set-off. This use is beginning to obtain in England; though Macaulay uses set-off, and so, perhaps, do a majority of English writers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
