Meaning

2 senses
  1. The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost.

    The corporation took a $5 million write-off in the second quarter.

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  2. 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 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
cancellation:

Origin

Deverbal from write off.

Deverbal from write off.

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Forms

plural: write-offs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset:write-down

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwrite off

See also

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