set-off

1. (dated)Something used to improve the appearance; a decoration, an ornament.

2. The act of setting off on a journey; a departure, a start.

3. A counterclaim; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.

4. Anything set off against another thing; a compensation, a counterbalancing circumstance.

   D. Jerrold I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman.

5. The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder out of his or her account.

6. An offset.

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