write-off

== English == === Alternative forms === writeoff === Etymology === Deverbal from write off. === Noun === write-off (plural write-offs) (accounting) The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost. Coordinate terms: writedown, write-down Something that is now worthless (such as a car after an accident). Synonym: total loss ==== Usage notes ==== This form is about as common as "writeoff" in usage as a noun. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === write-off (third-person singular simple present writes-off, present participle writing-off, simple past wrote-off, past participle written-off) Nonstandard form of write off. 2005, OECD Economic Surveys, Volume 2005/13 (September 2005): China, OECD Publishing, →ISBN, page 146: This has spurred major efforts to write-off loans by the two pilot banks and considerable progress at the largest of the SOCBs (the ICBC).