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to write off
[phrase form: write]
01
to consider someone or something as having no value or importance
Transitive: to write off sb/sth as sth
02
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
03
to keep an official record of money spent for business and reduce the amount of taxes paid
Transitive: to write off a cost
04
to eliminate a debt, acknowledging that it is no longer owed
Transitive: to write off a debt
05
to cause such severe damage to a vehicle that it becomes irreparable and no longer usable
Transitive: to write off a vehicle
write off
v
Example
Despite our high hopes, we had to write off the initiative as unsuccessful.
Certainly, here are the examples rephrased: Separable: After working for six months, we eventually wrote off the project as a non-starter.
The committee had no choice but to write off the experiment as a setback.
You can write off office supplies as part of your tax deductions.
The customer wrote off the store inquiring about the return policy.
