write-off

verb

  1. 1

    To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.

  2. 2

    To record (an expenditure) as an expense.

  3. 3

    To remove a portion of a debt or an amount of an account owed, counting it as a loss (as a gesture of goodwill for example).

  4. 4

    To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.

  5. 5

    To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair.

  6. 6

    To assign a low value to (something).

    When Katya was injured, he wrote off the team's chances in the finals.

noun

  1. 1

    The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost

  2. 2

    Something that is now worthless (such as a car after an accident)

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