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write-off

[ rahyt-awf, -of ]

noun

  1. a cancellation from the accounts as a loss.
  2. an uncollectable account.
  3. a reduction in book value; depreciation.
  4. Informal. a person or thing that is given up as hopeless or pointless:

    Joe's college career is a write-off.



write off

verb

  1. accounting
    1. to cancel (a bad debt or obsolete asset) from the accounts
    2. to consider (a transaction, etc) as a loss or set off (a loss) against revenues
    3. to depreciate (an asset) by periodic charges
    4. to charge (a specified amount) against gross profits as depreciation of an asset
  2. to cause or acknowledge the complete loss of
  3. to send a written order for (something)

    she wrote off for a brochure

  4. informal.
    to damage (something, esp a car) beyond repair
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. accounting
    1. the act of cancelling a bad debt or obsolete asset from the accounts
    2. the bad debt or obsolete asset cancelled
    3. the amount cancelled against gross profits, corresponding to the book value of the bad debt or obsolete asset
  2. informal.
    something damaged beyond repair, esp a car
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of write-off1

First recorded in 1745–55; noun use of verb phrase write off
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Example Sentences

E.On has also agreed to write-off debt held by almost 150,000 prepayment customers who cancelled their accounts over the same period.

From BBC

“We needs a tax code that honors the trades,” she said, allowing write-offs for the kinds of equipment used by loggers, plumbers and electricians.

The family's car, which Aneeqa said is now a "write-off", was then targeted, with people jumping on the windscreen and roof.

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She told the Today programme that they had tried to break into her house and destroyed the family car, which "had to be a write-off".

From BBC

The first write-off came on Mr. Trump’s tax return for 2008.

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