WRITE OFF


Meaning of WRITE OFF in English

transitive verb

1.

a.

(1) : to reduce the estimated value of : depreciate

the $50,000,000 item of “Good Will” … had been written off to a nominal $1 — Woolworth's First 75 Years

(2) : to take off the books : cancel

write off uncollectibles

b. : to derogate or deny the worth of : regard or concede to be lost, outmoded, exhausted, outworn, destroyed, or useless

the lighter, translucent style was more or less written off — Israel Citkowitz

writing its mission off as a complete failure — Current History

c. : destroy , kill , end

written off a pretty shabby kind of life by getting himself killed — Angus Mowat

2. : to write fluently, rapidly, or without hesitation

set to work to learn what he had written off by heart — Nevil Shute

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.