write off a debt

См. также в других словарях:

• write-off — write offs 1) N COUNT Something such as a vehicle that is a write off has been so badly damaged in an accident that it is not worth repairing. [BRIT] The car was a write off, but everyone escaped unharmed. 2) N COUNT A write off is the decision… …   English dictionary

• write off — verb 1. concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody (Freq. 2) write it off as a loss • Hypernyms: ↑admit, ↑acknowledge • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody …   Useful english dictionary

• Write-off — The term write off (or write down) describes a reduction in recognized value. In accounting terminology, it refers to recognition of the reduced or zero value of an asset. In income tax statements, it refers to a reduction of taxable income as… …   Wikipedia

• write off (something) — 1. to accept that a debt will not be paid. Last year the bank wrote off $17 million in bad loans. I ll probably never see the money I loaned my brother, so I guess I ll write it off. 2. to decide that something will not be successful. For a long… …   New idioms dictionary

• write-off — index bad debt Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 write off …   Law dictionary

• write-off — n 1.) BrE a vehicle that has been so badly damaged that it can never be used again ▪ The car was a complete write off. 2.) a period of time when you fail to achieve anything ▪ This morning was a complete write off. 3.) an official agreement that… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• write off — ► write off 1) dismiss as insignificant. 2) cancel the record of (a bad debt); acknowledge the failure to recover (an asset). 3) Brit. damage (a vehicle) so badly that it cannot be repaired or is not worth repairing. Main Entry: ↑write …   English terms dictionary

• write-off — Charging an asset amount to expense or loss, such as through the use of depreciation and amortization of assets. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * write off ˈwrite off also writeoff noun 1. [co …   Financial and business terms

• write off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you write off to a company or organization, you send them a letter, usually asking for something. [V P to n] He wrote off to the New Zealand Government for these pamphlets about life in New Zealand. [Also V P] Syn: write 2)… …   English dictionary

• write off — 1) remove (an amount) from a business record, cancel (a debt) The bank was forced to write off a large amount of its debt. 2) accept (a loss or trouble) and not worry any more about it He was forced to write off his bad experience at his old job …   Idioms and examples

• write-off — noun 1. (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset • Syn: ↑write down • Derivationally related forms: ↑write down (for: ↑write down), ↑write off …   Useful english dictionary