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— English words —

• setoff n. (Finance) The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder…
• set-off n. That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
• set-off n. (Dated) That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
• set-off n. (Law) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against…
• set-off n. (Printing) An offset.
• set␣off v. (Idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to begin a journey or trip.
• set␣off v. (Idiomatic, transitive) To begin; to cause; to initiate.
• set␣off v. (Idiomatic, transitive) To cause to explode, let off.
• set␣off v. (Idiomatic, transitive) To put into an angry mood; to start (a person) ranting or sulking, etc.
• set␣off v. (Idiomatic, transitive) To enhance by emphasizing differences.
• set␣off v. (Idiomatic, transitive) To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect.
• set␣off v. (Printing, historical) To deface or soil the next sheet; said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet…

— English words, defined in French —

• set␣off v. (Intransitif) Partir.
• set␣off v. (Transitif) Déclencher (causer le commencement) de quelque chose (Une discussion, un compte à rebours...).

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• set␣off v. Salir.
• set␣off v. Partir.
• set␣off v. Activar.
• set␣off v. Iniciar.
• set␣off v. Disparar.

80 English words from 12 English definitions

accountholder against angry another anything appearance bank begin cause claim compensate contrary counterclaim cross Dated debt decoration deface defendant demand differences distinct effect emphasizing enhance etc explode filed Finance for freshly having historical Idiomatic improve initiate ink into intransitive is␣used␣to itself journey Law leave let let␣off money mood next off offset organisation ornament owed person printed Printing put ranting reduce repays said set set␣off set␣up sheet similar situation soil start sulking That the thing transitive trip used used␣to where which

4 English words from 7 foreign definitions

causer chose commencement discussion

15 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

Activar à␣rebours compte compte␣à␣rebours Déclencher Disparar Iniciar Intransitif Partir quelque quelque␣chose rebours Salir Transitif Une

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

setoffs set-offs

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

EtO ETO off -off off- off. Off. set Set SET seṭ Seto TOF toff

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

FFO FOT OTE tes TEs

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Estoff offset

25 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

best-off best␣off efforts Estoffs gets␣off jets␣off let-offs lets␣off Moffets offlets offrest offsets offsite off-site sent␣off setoffs set-offs sets␣off step␣off Stoffer tees␣off ties␣off toffees Toffees toffies

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Eoffs Steff teffs toffs

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

get␣off jet␣off let-off let␣off see␣off shtoff

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

sent␣off sets␣off

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