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"setoff" has 2 syllables: set-off. It rhymes with set-off and let-off, if that helps it stick.
Sounds exactly like: set-off — easy to mix up when writing.
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Practicing rhymes trains the same ending sounds.
"Setoff" has 2 syllables: set · off.
Setoff: The situation where a bank or similar organisation repays itself money owed by an accountholder out of his or her account.
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