āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
write off
/ÉšËaÉĒt ËÉf/
to write off
[phrase form: write]
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āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to consider someone or something as having no value or importance
Transitive: to write off sb/sth as sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The committee had no choice but to write off the experiment as a setback.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to send a letter to a company or organization with the purpose of asking for specific goods or information
Transitive: to write off a company
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He wrote off the airline to get more information about their frequent flyer program.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
to keep an official record of money spent for business and reduce the amount of taxes paid
Transitive: to write off a cost
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
You can write off office supplies as part of your tax deductions.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻš āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to eliminate a debt, acknowledging that it is no longer owed
Transitive: to write off a debt
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The lender agreed to write off the mortgage debt for the family facing foreclosure.
āĻāĻŖāĻĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻž āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻā§ āĻāĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to cause such severe damage to a vehicle that it becomes irreparable and no longer usable
Dialect
British
BritishTransitive: to write off a vehicle
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The hurricane 's impact wrote off numerous cars along the coastal area.
āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ
āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
