Verb (used with object) : The gains offset the losses. ,to offset advantages against disadvantages. From Dictionary.com.
"In addition, Carlson seeks a declaratory order that the amount it owes IBM for past services be 'setoff' against any judgment in its favor," the documents state. From Wordnik.com. [InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs] Reference
And that he actually had planned to setoff five bombs on five successive days. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 13, 2005] Reference
Instead, a waaayy overpriced condo bunker that not only has no setoff, but protrudes over the sidewalk. From Wordnik.com. [Latest condo fizzle: 38th and Belmont (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
That immediately setoff a response from the state law enforcement authorities who first checked out the 46 courtrooms in the state. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2005] Reference
Also in Egypt authorities say that a fire aboard an Egyptian ferry setoff a string of events that led to it's sinking in the Red Sea. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2006] Reference
If anything, this setoff an arms race in option grants and now we're about to set off an arms race with respect to retirement benefits and deferred compensation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 4, 2006] Reference
If not, claim a setoff before the firm files for BK. From Wordnik.com. [Above the Law] Reference
He searched until he ran out of water then setoff an emergency beacon. From Wordnik.com. [Backcountry.com: The Goat] Reference
He setoff, and when I thought he was in Hungary, I learned he was at Strasbourgh. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of J J Rousseau]
setoff Debt Collection Act; setoff against federal tax refunds for local tax debt. From Wordnik.com. [News for WSLS 10] Reference
The bonds are not subject to annual appropriation or subject to setoff or abatement for any cause. From Wordnik.com. Reference
East Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri and Maryland were "captured" and paroled, and setoff against regular Rebel soldiers taken by us. From Wordnik.com. [Andersonville — Volume 1] Reference
Spooner was the subject of a story told by USDA employee Shirley Sherrod that setoff a racially tinged firestorm and led to Sherrod's resignation. From Wordnik.com. [Local News from The Lakeland Ledger] Reference
Justice Bragawanath says that unknown to SRL the companies agreed that the deposit would be paid by way of a setoff against Tikitere's debt to Pupuke. From Wordnik.com. [National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand] Reference
Subject to appropriation, the obligation to make payment is absolute and unconditional and not subject to diminution, abatement, setoff or counterclaim. From Wordnik.com. [Fitch Rates $96MM Louisiana Office Facils Corp Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook Stable - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
The component that is going towards the state could setoff against or would be the counter towards the entertainment tax that these states were charging. From Wordnik.com. [Moneycontrol Top Headlines] Reference
President Musharraf is a VERY intelligent and crafty player and he must understand the firestorm being setoff through his government's actions and inactions. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
Stevenson, now 58, was given a one-year setoff - which allows a state prisoner to be considered for parole again in 10 months, spokesman Stephanie Skipper said. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This place appears to be the faults that were now identified, appear to be part of a big regional setoff the east, west side that we talk about Blue instead of Flatrock. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Magma driven plate collisions uplift mountain ranges and setoff volcanoes recycling lava and gases on land and underwater replenishing both with life-producing minerals. From Wordnik.com. [Dissident Voice] Reference
Something will start a middle east war that will setoff a global nuclear war ... only question is when will it happen ... that will certainly take care of all our economic problems. From Wordnik.com. [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference
If the Judge now says that he offers this as a sort of setoff to what I said to-day in reference to Trumbull's charge, then I remind him that he made this charge before I said a word about Trumbull's. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4 The Lincoln-Douglas debates] Reference
By that Convention Great Britain was allowed to occupy and administer the Island of Cyprus by way of a setoff for Russia's acquisition of the fortress of Mars and the seaport of Batoum, south of the Caucasus. From Wordnik.com. [The Position of Cyprus in the Empire] Reference
In my second tour, I proposed traversing this passage and had actu - ally setoff for that purpose; but a violent shower obliging me to change my resolution, I continued my journey along the same road as before. From Wordnik.com. [A General collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world [microform] : many of which are now first translated into English : digested on a new plan] Reference
Justice Carlos Moreno wrote that "it is clear from the statutory language that the Legislature intended to treat charges for overdrafts and insufficient-funds fees differently from the setoff of independent debt.". From Wordnik.com. [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference
I could use a kind of setoff argument. From Wordnik.com. [eggheadcafe.com articles] Reference
2. The Quest — typically a group setoff in search of something and usually find it. e.g. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Friday writing blog: Ideas and synthesis] Reference
'setoff' a huge fight?. From Wordnik.com. [PocketFives] Reference
This is called a "setoff.". From Wordnik.com. [Ten Tips For Troubled Businesses] Reference
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