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Requital vs Set-off - What's the difference?

requital | set-off | Related terms |

Requital is a related term of set-off.


As nouns the difference between requital and set-off

is that requital is compensation for loss or damage; amends while set-off is that which is set off against another thing; an offset.

requital

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Compensation for loss or damage; amends.
  • retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.

    • Anagrams

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    set-off

    English

    Noun

  • That which is set off against another thing; an offset.
  • * D. Jerrold
    • I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman.
  • (dated) That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
  • (legal) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
  • (printing) An offset.

    • Usage notes

    * In the legal sense, set-off'' differs from ''recoupment : the latter generally grows out of the same matter or contract with the plaintiff's claim, while the former grows out of distinct matter, and does not of itself deny the justice of the plaintiff's demand. (Webster 1913)