Set-off may refer to: * Set-off (architecture), horizontal line shown on a floorplan indicating a reduced wall thickness, and consequently the part of the thicker portion appears projecting before the thinner *

Set-off (law) In law, set-off or netting is a legal technique applied between persons or businesses with mutual rights and liabilities, replacing gross positions with net positions. It permits the rights to be used to discharge the liabilities where cross c ...

, reduction of a claim by deducting the amount of a valid countervailing claim *

Set-off (printing) In printing, set-off is the term given to the unwanted transfer of ink from one printed sheet to another. The problem can occur with most types of printing, and is avoided by the use of slipsheets between copies (so any ink transfer occurs onto disc ...

, ink passing from one printed sheet to another because the ink has not had the chance to dry, which causes the sheets of paper to stick together

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