| 单词 | setoff |
| 释义 | setoffDefinitions 1. Banking: Bank's legal right to seize a borrower's any account balance (except a sub-account balance) in the same bank to apply it toward the borrower's any loan in arrears, or in anticipation of a default. In some jurisdictions (such as the US), this right is not applicable to consumer and credit card loans. 2. Commerce: Debtor's legal right to reduce the creditor's claim by the amount the creditor (claimant) owes to the debtor. 3. Litigation: Counterclaim by a defendant against the plaintiff on the basis of a transaction that is different from the one on which the plaintiff's claim is based. In legal terminology it is called equitable right to setoff. Use 'setoff' in a SentenceThe important ability to setoff was taken into consideration as the customer had been a lifelong member of the bank. I was not really into the idea of a setoff, but I knew that banks did their best to maintain a fair practice. One of our competitors suffered greatly when the bank employed a setoff to recoup their loses as our competitor's profits suffered and they were unable to repay the loan they took out from the bank. |
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