write off

Meaning

1. (transitive) To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.
2. (transitive) To record (an expenditure) as an expense.
3. (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).
4. To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
5. To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair.
6. (figuratively, transitive) To assign a low value to (somebody or something).

Synonyms

cancel

remove

write down

take away

delete

expense

cut

eliminate

strip

annul

charge off

deduct

nullify

strike off

abstract

scratch out

subtract

take

cross out

cross off

strike out

call in

breathe

abstraction

curtail

black out

cut off

cut out

dash off

cull

enter

crush

author

ablation

eject

drop a line

assign

draw away

crossed

draft

document

drive out

count down

edit

abrogate

divest

dispossess

erasure

excise

close out

Translations

abschreiben

afschrijven

amortizar

amortizar

cancelar

borrar

cancelar

ammortizzare

dar baixa

sostraure

abholen

abnehmen

abräumen

abbuchen