set-back

Definition of Set-back in English :

1. offset, set-back, setoff

structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Set-back

verb (tr, adverb)

1.

to hinder; impede

2. informal

to cost (a person) a specified amount

noun setback

3.

anything that serves to hinder or impede

4.

a reversal of recovery, as from illness, etc

She was recovering well, but then she had a setback.

5.

a recession in the upper part of a high building, esp one that increases the daylight at lower levels

6. Also called: offset, setoff

a steplike shelf where a wall is reduced in thickness

1.

to put (a clock or its hands) to an earlier time, esp. to standard time

2.

to reverse or hinder the progress of

3. US, Slang

to cost (a person) a specified sum of money