■ noun
1》 an item or amount set off against another.
↘ Law a counterbalancing debt pleaded by the defendant in an action to recover money due.
↘ dated a counterbalancing or compensating circumstance or condition.
2》 a step or shoulder at which the thickness of part of a building or machine is reduced.
3》 Printing the unwanted transference of ink from one printed sheet or page to another.