write sth down
— phrasal verb with write uk/raɪt/us/raɪt/verb wrote, written or old use writ
(ON PAPER)
B1 to write something on a piece of paper so that you do not forget it:
Did you write down Jo's phone number?
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Writing & typing
- borrow
- chalk
- chronicle
- co-author
- compose
- copy
- creative writing
- fair sth out
- fire
- ghostwrite
- misspell
- orthography
- record
- run
- run sth off
- scrawl
- transcription
- typing
- write
- write sth up
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(FINANCE)
to show in a company's accounts (= financial records) that something is worth less than it was before:
The building cost £700,000 to build, but it was written down to £300,000.
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Accounting
- accountancy
- accountant
- accounting
- accounts
- arrears
- auditor
- balance
- bill
- capital
- capital gains
- costing
- double entry bookkeeping
- expenditure
- false accounting
- fraudulent accounting
- FRS
- GAAP
- housekeeping
- loss
- square
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