Betekenis van set sth (off) against sth In het Nederlands

• 0 to use or record one thing, especially the cost of something, in order to reduce or remove the effect of another:

  • Costs of new equipment or machinery, such as a computer, can also be set against tax.

  • The rules do not allow surpluses over book value in other parts of the business to be set off against reductions elsewhere.

• 1 to say that an amount of money should be considered a cost of your business and that therefore you should not pay tax on it:

  • You can set off anything you spend on computer equipment against tax.