setoff
Example Sentences
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A setoff to recover debt owing to an affiliate isn’t allowed by the language of the statute, Peck said.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 6, 2011
Peck said that bankruptcy law requires mutuality, meaning that setoff only exists between the same two companies.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 6, 2011
He said that setting off under a swap agreement is permissible even after bankruptcy, although only if the right of setoff exists in the first place.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 6, 2011
If a triangular setoff were permitted, the Lehman broker’s other creditors would be $23 million worse off.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 6, 2011
She closed her eyes and slept, and presently they woke her and setoff.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
