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Example: you, a debtor, owe me $10,000. I owe you $5,000. I can set off my debt to you, meaning that you cannot collect the $5,000 I owe you. Your debt to me is reduced to $5,000. The most common type of setoff involves a bank. Your deposits in a bank constitute the bank's obligation to you. If you owe the bank $100,000, and the bank has $5,000 in deposits from you, it can zap your $5,000, and now you owe the bank $95,000.

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Q: What does it mean when claim is subject to setoff in bankruptcy 7 case?
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