Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - write-off
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1. If you write off to a company or organization, you send them a letter, usually asking for something. He wrote off to the New Zealand Government for these pamphlets about life in New Zealand. = write PHRASAL VERB: V P to n, also V P 2. If someone writes off a debt or an amount of money that has been spent on a project, they accept that they are never going to get the money back. (BUSINESS) The president persuaded the West to write off Polish debts... PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 3. If you write someone or something off, you decide that they are unimportant or useless and that they are not worth further serious attention. He is fed up with people writing him off because of his age... His critics write him off as too cautious to succeed... These people are difficult to write off as malingering employees. = dismiss PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V n P as n/adj, V P n (not pron) as n/adj 4. If someone writes off a vehicle, they have a crash in it and it is so badly damaged that it is not worth repairing. (BRIT) John’s written off four cars. Now he sticks to public transport... One of Pete’s friends wrote his car off there. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 5. If you write off a plan or project, you accept that it is not going to be successful and do not continue with it. We decided to write off the rest of the day and go shopping... The prices were much higher. So we decided to write that off... PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 6. see also write-off ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb Date: 1889 1. to eliminate (an asset) from the books ; enter as a loss or expense ~ a bad loan 2. to regard or concede to be lost most were content to ~ 1979 and look optimistically ahead — Money; also dismiss was written off as an expatriate highbrow — Brendan Gill ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. писать с легкостью to write off a description of an event —- с ходу составить описание события 2. бухг. списывать (со счета) to write off bad debts —- списывать безнадежные долги to write so much off for wear and tear —- списать столько-то на амортизацию 3. считать пришедшим в негодность, устарелым, бесполезным, потерянным, полностью использованным; сбрасывать со счетов, не принимать во внимание 4. аннулировать; отказаться от чего-л. we'll have to write off the arrangement if we can't find the money for it —- мы отменим это мероприятие, если не найдем для него деньги 5. сл. уничтожить, ликвидировать, убить (кого-л.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) аннулирование; письменный отказ 2) pl. суммы, списанные со счета 3) coll. негодное имущество; брак; обломки ...Англо-русский словарь
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{v. phr.} 1. To remove (an amount) from a business record; cancel (a debt); accept as a loss. * /If a customer dies when he owes the store money, the store must often write it off./ Compare: CHARGE OFF. 2. To accept (a loss or trouble) and not worry anymore about it; forget. * /Mr. Brown had so much trouble with the new TV set that he finally wrote it off and bought a new one./ * /Jim's mistake cost him time and money, but he wrote it off to experience./ Compare: CHARGE OFF(2). Contrast: CHALK UP(2). To say that (something) will fail or not be good; believe worthless. * /Just because the boys on the team are young, don't write the team off./ Compare: COUNT OUT. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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