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write something off


phrasal verb with writeverbuk /raɪt/ us /raɪt/wrote | written or old usewrit

(MONEY)


to accept that an amount of money has been lost or that a debt will not be paid: 勾销(债务)
The World Bank is being urged to write off debts from developing countries.一些机构正敦促世界银行免除发展中国家的债务。
to be able to use the cost of something you have bought to reduce the amount of tax you owe: 避免交…的税
You might be able to write off the car as a business expense.你也许可以把那辆车作为业务支出而避免交税。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Borrowing & lending
amortizable
amortization
amortize
bond measure
bond referendum
bonded
bridging loan
credit limit
debt
get behind
hole
loan
microcredit
microloan
non-current
non-interest
non-prime
outstanding
use something as collateral
usury

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Taxation

(VEHICLE)


UK
to damage a vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired: 把(车辆)毁坏,使(车辆)报废
His car was completely written off in the accident.他的车在事故中完全报废。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

On the road: accidents involving vehicles
anti-collision
bird strike
brake
bump
car crash
car wreck
collide with someone/something
fender bender
overshoot
pile (something) up
plough into something/someone
post-crash
roadkill
RTA
rubbernecker
rubbernecking
sideswipe
smash
spin
stack

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Destroying and demolishing

write someone/something off


phrasal verb with writeverbuk /raɪt/ us /raɪt/wrote | written or old usewrit
C2
to decide that a particular person or thing will not be useful, important, or successful: 认为…无用;认定…失败
A lot of companies seem to write people off if they're over 50.很多公司似乎认为员工一超过50岁就无所作为了。
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Treating as unimportant
blow something/someone off
brush
brush someone/something aside
chopped liver
damn
denigrate
denigration
laugh
laugh something off
leave something at the dooridiom
look down on someone
minoritize
mock
never
shrug
shrug away
shrug something off
skate
skate over/around something
sniff at something
write-off
noun[ Cusually singular ]
uk /ˈraɪ.tɒf/ us /ˈraɪ.t̬ɑːf/

write-offnoun[C usually singular] (WASTED TIME)


a period of time during which you fail to achieve anything: 未取得任何成绩的一段时间
Yesterday was a complete write-off as far as work is concerned.就工作而言,昨天实在太失败了。
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Delaying and wasting time
ado
busywork
buy timeidiom
carry something over
dally
gridlock
hold up
inefficiency
inefficiently
kept
kick
push
raincheck
retard
retardation
set someone back (something)
shelve
sit
spin
stall

write-offnoun[C usually singular] (VEHICLE)


UK
a vehicle that is too damaged to be worth repairing: 损坏太严重不值得修理的车辆
She wasn't hurt, but the car's a complete write-off.她没有受伤,可是车却全毁了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

On the road: accidents involving vehicles
anti-collision
bird strike
brake
bump
car crash
car wreck
collide with someone/something
fender bender
overshoot
pile (something) up
plough into something/someone
post-crash
roadkill
RTA
rubbernecker
rubbernecking
sideswipe
smash
spin
stack

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Damaging and spoiling

write off something | American Dictionary


write off something


phrasal verb with writeverb[ I/T ]us/rɑɪt/past tensewroteus/roʊt/ | past participlewrittenus/ˈrɪt·ən/

(LOSE MONEY)


to accept that a debt will not be paid or that money has been lost:
Last year the bank wrote off $17 million in bad debts.

write off someone/something


phrasal verb with writeverb[ I/T ]us/rɑɪt/past tensewroteus/roʊt/ | past participlewrittenus/ˈrɪt·ən/

(CONSIDER UNIMPORTANT)


to decide that someone or something is not suitable or good enough to be successful:
When he lost the election for governor, some observers wrote him off as a future candidate, but they were proven wrong.
write-off
noun[ C ]
us/ˈrɑɪtˌɔf/
a change in a company's accounts when it has lost money:
After write-offs, taxes, and government transfers were deducted, the phone company found itself deeply in debt.

write sth off | Business English


write sth off


phrasal verb with writeverbuk /raɪt/uswrote | written
ACCOUNTING, FINANCE
to accept that an amount of money has been lost, for example, from a bad investment or a debt that will never be paid, and show it as a loss in a company's accounts:
Banks accept that some of their bad debts will eventually have to be written off.
INSURANCE UK
to damage a vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired, or it would cost too much to repair:
The car was completely written off.
See also
write-off

write sb/sth off


phrasal verb with writeverbuk /raɪt/uswrote | written
to decide that a particular person or thing is no longer useful, important, or successful:
The company was written off by its competitors.
write-off
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈraɪtɒf/us
FINANCE, ACCOUNTING
an amount of money that has been lost, for example, from a bad investment or a debt that will never be paid, shown as a loss in a company's accounts:
asset/bad-debt/goodwill write-offsThe credit card company projected that bad-debt write-offs would be $4.9 billion.
charitable/tax write-offs
Compare
charge-off
INSURANCE UK
a vehicle that is too damaged to repair:
Her car is a complete write-off.

Examples of write something off


write something off
Leaseholders often explicitly employed the threat of not renewing the contract in order to secure a rent write-off.
These farms can write-off farm losses especially if they are offset by high off-farm income.
Then one of his men brought news that the new car had gone off the road into a ravine and was a write-off.
After their courses, they will be protected by the provisions for deferment of repayments and write-off of the debt if their income is low.
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What is the rate of obsolescence, the rate of write-off?
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They are unpopular even before the spectacle of a flotation fiasco doomed to partial or total failure despite the hidden write-off of £5·5 billion debt.
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Debt write-off, project aid and technological assistance have to be geared tightly towards movement to a market economy.
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The new owners were given a debt write-off worth £5 billion and a green dowry worth £1.5 billion.
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In exchange, they got a green dowry of £1.5 billion and a debt write-off totalling £5 billion.
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Speed is important, but so is the extent of debt write-off.
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We are not opposed to any write-off of debt.
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The same can be said of the financial implications for the taxpayer and the write-off of debt.
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Commercial information concerning total investment and write-off is not held centrally.
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The powers of commanding officers of write-off were ridiculously small in comparison with the value of the equipment they held on charge.
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Coal is following the three classic stages of privatisation—write-off, sell-off and rip-off.
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