单词 | to write back |
释义 | > as lemmasto write back to write back 1. a. intransitive. To reply to a letter or other written communication. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > write a letter [verb (intransitive)] > in reply rescribe?1462 to write back1550 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Funke Actes & Hist. Worlde 1532–50 in tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles f. cclxiiv He wrote back vnto the Disputers and Auditours of the Euangelicall doctrine, desyrynge to haue their counsayll in this matter. 1656 J. Fowler Hist. Troubles Suethland & Poland 93 Duke Charles, not satisfied with this literary assecuration, wrote back unto the King. 1736 Weekly Oracle 208/2 Caligula, now mad with Rage, wrote back to Petronius in the severest Language. 1851 tr. F. Guizot Monk & Washington 86 Exacting a promise that he would not write back to him. 1916 T. S. Eliot Let. 10 Jan. (1988) I. 126 I wrote back asking for terms. 1976 Dædalus Winter 41 She writes back promptly with some sensible-seeming advice. 2018 M. Hanna-Attisha What Eyes don't See viii. 108 But even Roebuck didn't write back. That was a shock. Techies are always connected to devices and superresponsive. b. transitive. To write (something) as an answer or reply to a letter or other written communication. Chiefly with that-clause or direct quotation of the written text as object. ΚΠ 1595 A. Hartwell tr. G. T. Minadoi Hist. Warres Turkes & Persians 16 And therefore he wrote back againe, that he was mynded to take the rightfull succession vpon him. 1676 I. Newton Let. 10 Jan. in Corr. (1959) I. 410 [I] wrote back to you that I had no mind to meddle with it. 1790 T. Lindsey Let. 15 May (2012) II. 53 It was agreed in a College-committee, that a letter should be written to signify to Mr Wakefield the terms proposed for any one who should fill the place of classical Tutor, and the person who was to mention it to him, was to write back his sentiments. 1831 Mrs. Arbuthnot Let. 18 Feb. in C. Arbuthnot Corr. (1941) 140 The old housekeeper wrote to her something about it, & she wrote back word, ‘God's will be done.’ 1892 Tennyson in Mem. (1897) II. 423 I have just had a letter from a man who wants my opinion as to whether Shakespeare's plays were written by Bacon. I feel inclined to write back, ‘Sir, don't be a fool’. 1949 D. Smith I Capture Castle (1995) xi. 190 Neil wrote back:..I shall be tickled to death to have you for a sister-in-law. Love from Neil. 2007 New Yorker 9 Apr. 88/2 Borgese sent some sheets of Arli's typing to a poetry critic, who wrote back that the dog had a ‘definite affinity with the “concretist” groups in Brazil, Scotland, and Germany’. 2. transitive. Finance. To reintroduce (a sum) into an account as either profit or loss; (now) spec. to restore to profit (a provision for bad or doubtful debts, tax, or other liabilities previously made against profits and no longer required). Cf. write-back n. ΚΠ 1635 R. Dafforne Merchants Mirrour sig. X2 For the parcells discharge, entred the 13. of March, which being agreed upon, I write back––3067 Guil[ders]. 1640 R. Dafforne Apprentices Time-Entertainer 37 Suppose the Conditioned Time to be expired, and the Accepting Man detaineth the mony at Interest; How?..This may be written back from the first accompt of Trafficke. 1653 J. Collins Introd. Merchants Accts. sig. Dv To Iames Blisset owing by him for goods sold, for the which goods have credit, and is here wrote back. 1777 in G. Rous Restoration King of Tanjore Considered App. xxx. 122 The balance due from him.., which had been before that date carried to his credit, and since wrote back to his debit, was Pagodas 9,38,347. 1832 Minutes of Evid. Select Comm. Affairs E. India Company II. i. 5 in Parl. Papers 1831–2 (H.C. 735-II) X. 1 The 700,000 l. advanced..must be written back as a charge upon the Indian revenue, and no longer stand as a supply to London. 1849 Accountants' Rep. 2 in Rep. Comm. Investig. to Shareholders Eastern Counties' Railway Company This sum was held bonâ fide in reserve until the half-year ending 4th July, 1846, when it was written back to the credit of Revenue. 1899 Afr. Rev. 24 June 536 Amounts charged in Profit and Loss Account of previous years for Depreciation of Shares and Investments not now required and written back. 1918 Bull. National Tax Assoc. Nov. 42/2 Where an asset has been written down but the sum written off is not allowed as a deduction for the purposes of the income tax, it may be written back for the purpose of increase of capital. 2000 Ann. Rep. & Accts. (Cable & Wireless) 53 The Group wrote back £46m of the original provision. < as lemmas |
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