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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 act or process of offsetting or displacing; displacement.
  3. noun The amount by which something is offset or displaced; an offset or displacement.

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