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συμψηφισμός — meaning in English

sympsifismos

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English meaning

  • compensation noun Money or another benefit given to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
  • offsetting noun The use of one thing to offset another; the practice of compensating for or counterbalancing one thing or amount by another contrary thing or amount
  • set off phrasal verb To begin a journey or start out towards somewhere.

Senses

συμψηφισμός is used for these senses in English:

  • compensation (finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.
  • set-off (dated) That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.

compensation — full definition

  1. noun Money or another benefit given to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
  2. noun Pay or reward given for work performed.

offsetting — full definition

  1. noun The use of one thing to offset another; the practice of compensating for or counterbalancing one thing or amount by another contrary thing or amount
  2. noun The process of moving something out of its normal position.
  3. noun The distance or amount by which something has been moved from its normal position.
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