write off

Definitions

General English

• phrasal verb to remove an asset from a company’s accounts because it no longer has any value

Accounting

• noun
  (written as write-off)
  the total loss or cancellation of a bad debt, or the removal of an asset’s value from a company’s accounts
• phrasal verb to cancel a debt, or to remove an asset from the accounts as having no value

Banking

• noun
  (written as write-off)
  something which is so badly damaged that it cannot be repaired

Cars & Driving

• noun
  (written as write-off)
  a car damaged beyond repair or so badly damaged as to be not worth repairing for insurance purposes
• verb to damage a car beyond repair or, for insurance purposes, so as to be not worth repairing
• verb to consider (a car) to be a total loss

Nearby Definitions of “write off”

• write
• write-back cache
• write error
• write head
• write in
• write off
• write once
• write protect
• write-protect tab
• write-through cache
• write time

Contexts for “write off”

7 definitions in context
• General English
• Accounting
• Banking
• Cars & Driving