Definitions for "SET OFF"
In press work, when the ink of a printed sheet rubs off or marks the next sheet as it is being delivered. Also called offset.
the unintentional transfer of ink from one printed sheet to another. Also called offset.
Undesirable transfer of wet ink from the top of one sheet to the underside of another as they lie in the delivery stack of a press. Also called offset.
put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
leave; "The family took off for Florida"
direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"
A claim for a specific amount of money raised by a defendant in defence to a claim• Civil Courts
A claim made by someone who allegedly owes money that the amount should be reduced because the other person owes him money. This may often be raised in a cross claim filed by the defendant in a law suit.
The right (which a seller normally seeks to exclude) to deduct, what the seller may owe the buyer from what the buyer owes the seller.
Keywords:  exploded, bomb, nuclear, cause
cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
The legal right to net opposite obligations (to deliver securities or pay cash) between two counterparts in the event of default by one of them.
A debt or financial obligation of one spouse that the court weighs against a debt or financial obligation of the other spouse.