write off (English, verb)
expansion: write off (third-person singular simple present writes off, present participle writing off, simple past wrote off, past participle written off)
Senses:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.
tags: transitive
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: To record (an expenditure) as an expense.
tags: transitive
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: 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).
tags: transitive
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
glosses: To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair.
glosses: To assign a low value to (somebody or something).
tags: figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: writes off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: writing off
tags: participle
present
form: wrote off
tags: past
form: written off
tags: participle
past