write-offn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌɪtɒf/, U.S.

/ˈraɪdˌɔf/,

/ˈraɪdˌɑf/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to write off at write v. Phrasal verbs.

Etymology: < to write off at write v. Phrasal verbs.

1. Banking (chiefly with reference to the Bank of England). A written order used by an account-holder to authorize a withdrawal, payment, or transfer of a specified sum; (hence) the action or process of authorizing or making a withdrawal, payment, or transfer in this way. Now historical and rare.The work cited in quot. 1751 describes a contemporary preprinted write-off slip at the Bank of England as bearing an instruction to write off from my Bank Book a sum which was written into a following blank space before the dated and signed slip was given to a clerk.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > blank form for filling in

blank1586

write-off1751

card1817

registration card1842

application1849

entry form1856

form1856

application blank1866

pro forma1928

fiche1949

1751 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 363 No Money will be paid..without such a Draught, or what is called, a Write off.

1794 By-laws United Company of Merchants of Eng. Trading to E.-Indies iv. 16 For every Sum drawn out of the Bank of England, a Write-off, or Draft, shall be signed.

1836 4th Rep. Commissioners Managem. Post-office Dept. App. 22 in Parl. Papers XXVIII. 33 How long is a write-off in progress: how soon would it get to the credit of the Exchequer?—The same day. I date the write-off the day the Exchequer payment is intended to be made.

1934 D. W. Dodwell Treasuries & Central Banks ii. 45 These offices had to make regular transfers to the Exchequer. This was to be done by giving a ‘write off’ order to the Bank and taking a cancelled bank-note for the amount, which the Bank's clerks at the Exchequer received as cash.

2. Finance and Accounting.

a. The cancellation from an account of a bad debt, worthless asset, etc.; a debt, asset, etc., so treated; an amount cancelled or lost in this way.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [noun]

reprisea1393

underbalance1641

capital loss1727

write-off1858

shortfall1953

1858 Western Bank Failure 64 Was there any addition made to the write-off of bad debts?

1905 Daily Chron. 22 July 2/6 The write-off in respect of the short weight was inevitable.

1971 Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 15/4 Above all, can share-holders..be given an analysis of write-offs and a pre-tax comparison for the two halves?

1984 Times 23 May 20/8 In competitor countries the comparison varies between one sort of asset and another but, in general, our write-off periods will be comparable with those overseas.

2008 K. Cuthbertson & D. Nitzsche Investments (ed. 2) ii. 33 Russia negotiated a write-off of more than a third of its $32 billion debt with the ‘London Club’ (of banks) and swapped the rest for long-dated, low-interest Eurobonds.

b. Chiefly U.S. A permitted reduction in one's taxable income equivalent to an allowed expense, depreciation in the value of assets, etc.; a reduction of this kind; an amount deducted from one's taxable income in this way. Frequently in tax write-off.

ΚΠ

1940 Sunday Times (New Brunswick, New Jersey) 14 July 1/5 Business circles saw one obstacle to defense plant expansion removed by the administrations agreement to permit a five-year tax write-off of the costs of new war plants.

1955 W. J. Casey Tax Sheltered Investm. (ed. 2) xix. 205 Partnership operation allows you a write off of losses, a sheltered return on a quick success by sale of your partnership interest.

1982 S. Bellow Dean's December iv. 96 ‘Have you ever gotten a penny out of it?’ ‘I got tax write-offs.’

2016 D. Levy Schitt's Creek (transcribed from TV programme) 2nd Ser. Episode 6 [Johnny] That's not a write-off! This—not a write-off!..David, a write-off is a business expense, used to reduce your taxable income. [David] OK, well then—why isn't it called a tax write-off? [Johnny] It is! It is! You can't just buy things for yourself and write them off!

3. Chiefly British and Australian.

(a) Originally (Air Force slang): an aircraft too badly damaged (esp. through having been crashed) to be worth repairing. Later: any vehicle or thing regarded as having been damaged beyond repair, or so badly damaged as to be not worth repairing (esp. with regard to insurance claims); a wreck.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > wrecked

write-off1926

basket case1953

1926 E. W. Springs & J. MacG. Grider War Birds 89 He wasn't hurt but the Spad [sc. an aeroplane] was a write-off.

1932 Great Southern Herald (Katanning, W. Austral.) 11 May The vehicle [sc. a crashed truck], which was not insured, was examined by a..garage man and pronounced a total ‘write-off’, as the money required for repairs would buy a used truck of quality equal with the original one.

1948 Nottingham Evening Post 22 June 4/6 French asked if the car was a ‘write-off’, but witness told him it was not.

1957 Financial Times 10 May 11/2 Considerable damage was caused yesterday by a fire at the Bristol warehouse... A spokesman for the company said the building was ‘a write-off’.

2005 N. Brooks My Name is Denise Forrester 267 ‘The car?’ ‘A write-off. Totally wrecked.’

(b) The action or fact of damaging a thing, esp. a vehicle (in early use esp. an aircraft), so badly that it is not worth repairing; the classification of something as irreparably damaged, or so badly damaged as to be not worth repairing (esp. with regard to insurance claims); an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1926 A. Cobham Austral. & Back i. 3 It would have been impossible to land the machine..except in the sea itself, which would have meant a complete ‘write off’ to the aircraft and a most unpleasant experience for the personnel.

1972 Irish Times 13 Mar. 2/7 Centre half Miss Pat Byrne..had had a car crash involving the ‘write-off’ of the car in which she was travelling on her way to the ground.

2015 Evesham Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 July During one week in May there were at least five accidents.., one of which caused the write-off of a car which was hit from behind by a skip lorry.

b. A person or thing regard as worthless or ineffectual; an event, activity, etc., that has been a disappointing failure; a dead loss, a wash-out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing

cumber-worldc1374

cumber-house1541

deaf nut1613

cumber-ground1657

dead duck1844

no good1871

dead wood1877

dead wood1887

blue duck1889

dud1897

cluck1904

non-starter1911

dead loss1927

dreep1927

write-off1935

no-gooder1936

nogoodnik1936

blivet1967

roadkill1990

1935 Liberty (N.Y.) 23 Mar. 28/3 Looking you over, you're a write-off.

1955 Tattersall's Club (Sydney) Mag. Sept. 17/3 Avant Courier brought 5,500 guineas at auction, and Sion 41,000 guineas. They were write-offs on the turf.

1966 Listener 17 Feb. 257/3 I find the new record of Rossini's Stabat Mater..an almost complete write-off, because this New York performance..is..vulgarly and insensitively sung.

1975 A. Kent Maverick Squadron xv. 114 The entire Maverick gang, he reflected, were write-offs as human beings. A collection of misfit apes.

2020 @atiknab 13 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 29 Mar. 2021) Here's hoping I have some energy tomorrow..today was a total write-off.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	write-off
释义	write-offn. Brit. /ˈrʌɪtɒf/, U.S. /ˈraɪdˌɔf/, /ˈraɪdˌɑf/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to write off at write v. Phrasal verbs. Etymology: < to write off at write v. Phrasal verbs. 1. Banking (chiefly with reference to the Bank of England). A written order used by an account-holder to authorize a withdrawal, payment, or transfer of a specified sum; (hence) the action or process of authorizing or making a withdrawal, payment, or transfer in this way. Now historical and rare.The work cited in quot. 1751 describes a contemporary preprinted write-off slip at the Bank of England as bearing an instruction to write off from my Bank Book a sum which was written into a following blank space before the dated and signed slip was given to a clerk. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > blank form for filling in blank1586 write-off1751 card1817 registration card1842 application1849 entry form1856 form1856 application blank1866 pro forma1928 fiche1949 1751 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 363 No Money will be paid..without such a Draught, or what is called, a Write off. 1794 By-laws United Company of Merchants of Eng. Trading to E.-Indies iv. 16 For every Sum drawn out of the Bank of England, a Write-off, or Draft, shall be signed. 1836 4th Rep. Commissioners Managem. Post-office Dept. App. 22 in Parl. Papers XXVIII. 33 How long is a write-off in progress: how soon would it get to the credit of the Exchequer?—The same day. I date the write-off the day the Exchequer payment is intended to be made. 1934 D. W. Dodwell Treasuries & Central Banks ii. 45 These offices had to make regular transfers to the Exchequer. This was to be done by giving a ‘write off’ order to the Bank and taking a cancelled bank-note for the amount, which the Bank's clerks at the Exchequer received as cash. 2. Finance and Accounting. a. The cancellation from an account of a bad debt, worthless asset, etc.; a debt, asset, etc., so treated; an amount cancelled or lost in this way. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > financial loss > [noun] reprisea1393 underbalance1641 capital loss1727 write-off1858 shortfall1953 1858 Western Bank Failure 64 Was there any addition made to the write-off of bad debts? 1905 Daily Chron. 22 July 2/6 The write-off in respect of the short weight was inevitable. 1971 Daily Tel. 26 Apr. 15/4 Above all, can share-holders..be given an analysis of write-offs and a pre-tax comparison for the two halves? 1984 Times 23 May 20/8 In competitor countries the comparison varies between one sort of asset and another but, in general, our write-off periods will be comparable with those overseas. 2008 K. Cuthbertson & D. Nitzsche Investments (ed. 2) ii. 33 Russia negotiated a write-off of more than a third of its $32 billion debt with the ‘London Club’ (of banks) and swapped the rest for long-dated, low-interest Eurobonds. b. Chiefly U.S. A permitted reduction in one's taxable income equivalent to an allowed expense, depreciation in the value of assets, etc.; a reduction of this kind; an amount deducted from one's taxable income in this way. Frequently in tax write-off. ΚΠ 1940 Sunday Times (New Brunswick, New Jersey) 14 July 1/5 Business circles saw one obstacle to defense plant expansion removed by the administrations agreement to permit a five-year tax write-off of the costs of new war plants. 1955 W. J. Casey Tax Sheltered Investm. (ed. 2) xix. 205 Partnership operation allows you a write off of losses, a sheltered return on a quick success by sale of your partnership interest. 1982 S. Bellow Dean's December iv. 96 ‘Have you ever gotten a penny out of it?’ ‘I got tax write-offs.’ 2016 D. Levy Schitt's Creek (transcribed from TV programme) 2nd Ser. Episode 6 [Johnny] That's not a write-off! This—not a write-off!..David, a write-off is a business expense, used to reduce your taxable income. [David] OK, well then—why isn't it called a tax write-off? [Johnny] It is! It is! You can't just buy things for yourself and write them off! 3. Chiefly British and Australian. a. (a) Originally (Air Force slang): an aircraft too badly damaged (esp. through having been crashed) to be worth repairing. Later: any vehicle or thing regarded as having been damaged beyond repair, or so badly damaged as to be not worth repairing (esp. with regard to insurance claims); a wreck. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > wrecked write-off1926 basket case1953 1926 E. W. Springs & J. MacG. Grider War Birds 89 He wasn't hurt but the Spad [sc. an aeroplane] was a write-off. 1932 Great Southern Herald (Katanning, W. Austral.) 11 May The vehicle [sc. a crashed truck], which was not insured, was examined by a..garage man and pronounced a total ‘write-off’, as the money required for repairs would buy a used truck of quality equal with the original one. 1948 Nottingham Evening Post 22 June 4/6 French asked if the car was a ‘write-off’, but witness told him it was not. 1957 Financial Times 10 May 11/2 Considerable damage was caused yesterday by a fire at the Bristol warehouse... A spokesman for the company said the building was ‘a write-off’. 2005 N. Brooks My Name is Denise Forrester 267 ‘The car?’ ‘A write-off. Totally wrecked.’ (b) The action or fact of damaging a thing, esp. a vehicle (in early use esp. an aircraft), so badly that it is not worth repairing; the classification of something as irreparably damaged, or so badly damaged as to be not worth repairing (esp. with regard to insurance claims); an instance of this. ΚΠ 1926 A. Cobham Austral. & Back i. 3 It would have been impossible to land the machine..except in the sea itself, which would have meant a complete ‘write off’ to the aircraft and a most unpleasant experience for the personnel. 1972 Irish Times 13 Mar. 2/7 Centre half Miss Pat Byrne..had had a car crash involving the ‘write-off’ of the car in which she was travelling on her way to the ground. 2015 Evesham Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 July During one week in May there were at least five accidents.., one of which caused the write-off of a car which was hit from behind by a skip lorry. b. A person or thing regard as worthless or ineffectual; an event, activity, etc., that has been a disappointing failure; a dead loss, a wash-out. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing cumber-worldc1374 cumber-house1541 deaf nut1613 cumber-ground1657 dead duck1844 no good1871 dead wood1877 dead wood1887 blue duck1889 dud1897 cluck1904 non-starter1911 dead loss1927 dreep1927 write-off1935 no-gooder1936 nogoodnik1936 blivet1967 roadkill1990 1935 Liberty (N.Y.) 23 Mar. 28/3 Looking you over, you're a write-off. 1955 Tattersall's Club (Sydney) Mag. Sept. 17/3 Avant Courier brought 5,500 guineas at auction, and Sion 41,000 guineas. They were write-offs on the turf. 1966 Listener 17 Feb. 257/3 I find the new record of Rossini's Stabat Mater..an almost complete write-off, because this New York performance..is..vulgarly and insensitively sung. 1975 A. Kent Maverick Squadron xv. 114 The entire Maverick gang, he reflected, were write-offs as human beings. A collection of misfit apes. 2020 @atiknab 13 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 29 Mar. 2021) Here's hoping I have some energy tomorrow..today was a total write-off. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1751
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