set sth against sth
— phrasal verb with set uk/set/us/set/verb present participle setting, past tense and past participle set
(COMPARE)
to consider something in relation to another thing and compare their different qualities or effects:
You have to set the advantages of the plan against the disadvantages.
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Comparing and contrasting
- against
- analogy
- antithesis
- as against idiom
- balance
- balance sth against sth
- benchmark
- compare
- comparison
- competitive
- contrast
- contrastive
- gold standard
- perspective
- relative
- relatively
- set
- simile
- stack up
- vis-à-vis
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(FINANCE)
to use or record one thing, especially the cost of something, in order to reduce or remove the effect of another:
The cost of business travel and entertainment can be set against tax.
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Budgeting money
- a penny saved is a penny earned idiom
- cut
- cut back
- defund
- draw/pull in your horns idiom
- economical
- economy drive
- economy-size
- false economy
- horn
- in/out of pocket idiom
- manage
- penny
- price-conscious
- put/lay sth on/to one side idiom
- save (sth) up
- save on sth
- skimp
- square
- tighten your belt idiom
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