write sth off
— phrasal verb with write uk/raɪt/us/raɪt/verb wrote, written or old use writ
(MONEY)
to accept that an amount of money has been lost or that a debt will not be paid:
The World Bank is being urged to write off debts from developing countries.
to be able to use the cost of something you have bought to reduce the amount of tax you owe:
You might be able to write off the car as a business expense.
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Borrowing & lending
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow
- bounce
- call it quits idiom
- call sth in
- credit
- credit risk
- debenture
- fire sale
- gearing
- leveraged buyout
- liability
- liquidate
- national debt
- pay
- put sth up
- reschedule
- slate
- term
- tick
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(VEHICLE)
UK to damage a vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired:
His car was completely written off in the accident.
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On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- car crash
- collide
- collision
- crash
- crash-land
- fender bender
- head-on
- jackknife
- knock
- overshoot
- plough
- prang
- rear-end
- road toll
- run (sth) down
- sideswipe
- skid
- stack up
- wipe
- write-off
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Destroying and demolishing