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write-off

[ rahyt-awf, -of ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a cancellation from the accounts as a loss.
an uncollectable account.
a reduction in book value; depreciation.
Informal. a person or thing that is given up as hopeless or pointless:
Joe's college career is a write-off.

write off

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
to cause or acknowledge the complete loss of
to send a written order for (something)
she wrote off for a brochure
informal.
to damage (something, esp a car) beyond repair

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
informal.
something damaged beyond repair, esp a car