# Set-off and netting, in older documents also riscontro (set-off, offsetting)

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## Definition

The complete or partial release of a claim by a similar counterclaim; §§ 387 ff. BGB (situation whereby a debtor may acknowledge the claimant's demand, but he pleads his own claim in order to extinguish the claimant's demands either in full or in part). - See Netting. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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