write off

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === write off (third-person singular simple present writes off, present participle writing off, simple past wrote off, past participle written off) (accounting, transitive) To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero. Coordinate term: write down (accounting, transitive) To record (an expenditure) as an expense. Coordinate term: write down (accounting, transitive) 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). Coordinate terms: forgive, forgo (accounting) To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation. (transitive) To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair. (figurative, transitive) To assign a low value to (somebody or something). Coordinate terms: discount, dismiss, disregard ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====