write off

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb write off has 4 senses

write off(v = verb.cognition) - concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss"

is one way to

acknowledge

admit

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

write off(v = verb.creation) - write something fluently, and without hesitation;

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

write off(v = verb.social) - cancel (a debt);

is one way to

cancel

strike down

Derived form noun write-off₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

write off(v = verb.change) expense, write down - reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"

is one way to depreciate

Derived forms noun write-off₂, noun write-off₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

write off

abate, abatement, abolish, abolishment, abolition, abrogate, abrogation, absolve, agio, allow, allowance, annul, annulment, bank discount, bate, belittle, breakage, bury the hatchet, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cash discount, cassation, chain discount, charge off, charge to experience, charge-off, concession, countermand, counterorder, cut, declare a moratorium, decry, deduct, deduction, defeasance, depreciate, depreciation, derogate, detract from, devaluate, devalue, disannul, discount, disparage, do away with, downgrade, drawback, forget, forgive and forget, grace period, invalidate, invalidation, kick back, kickback, let it go, let it pass, lower, make allowance, make void, mark down, minimize, moratorium, nullification, nullify, obliterate, obliteration, override, overrule, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, premium, price reduction, price-cut, rebate, rebatement, recall, recant, recantation, reduce, reduction, refund, renege, repeal, rescind, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retract, retraction, reversal, reverse, revocation, revoke, revokement, rollback, run down, salvage, set aside, setoff, setting aside, suspend, suspension, take a premium, take off, tare, time discount, trade discount, tret, underrate, underselling, undervalue, vacate, vacation, vacatur, void, voidance, voiding, waive, waiver, waiving, wipe out, withdraw, withdrawal, write down