write-off
write-off · write-offs
списание
The cancellation of an itemThe cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost.
Meaning
2 sensesThe cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost.
The corporation took a $5 million write-off in the second quarter.
списа́ниеspisánije
Something that is now worthless (such as a car after an accident).
More definitions
- the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset
- (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
cancellation:
Origin
Deverbal from write off.Deverbal from write off.
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Forms
plural: write-offsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset:write-down
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedwrite off