offstand

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To endure against; stand or ward off; defend against; withstand; resist.

   “Those who are involved in long enmities sacrifice continually to the hidit in order to offstand such affliction.”

2. fiil To offset; compensate for; make restitution for.

   “To offstand the dire effects of its hoarding policy, the Secretary, from March 4, 1885, began lending money to the national banks — that is he deposited it in those institutions.”

3. isim Offset; restitution.

   “[…] but there is partially in a few instances where the person has two-thirds of the away-going crop, and where he has that two-thirds, generally their agreement is that they do not pay any offstand; they have it clear.”