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write-off en · NOUN
Etymology
Deverbal from write off.
Meanings
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The cancellation of an item; the amount cancelled or lost.
The corporation took a $5 million write-off in the second quarter.
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Something that is now worthless (such as a car after an accident).
Forms
Coordinates
write-down · writedown
Synonyms
total loss
Translations (9)
fi hylkytavara (something worthless) · id penghapusan (cancellation) · bg брак (something worthless) · pl odpisanie długu (cancellation) · fi alaskirjaus (cancellation) · ru списа́ние (cancellation) · fi romu (something worthless) · bg анулиране (cancellation) · pl niewypał (something worthless)
write-off en · VERB
Etymology
Deverbal from write off.
Meanings
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(alt-of, nonstandard) Nonstandard form of write off.
If you are eager to manufacture the recharging unit, the analyst will be tempted to write-off the equipment over its physical life and provide you with a lower breakeven volume. If you prefer to outsource, the analyst will be tempted to write-off the equipment over its tax life and provide you with a higher breakeven volume.
2000, Roy L. Nersesian, Trends and Tools for Operations Management, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 80:Provided that where the Collector or any of his subordinates is responsible for the collection of any tax, […] the power to write-off such tax, […] on the ground of its being irrecoverable, shall be exercised by the Commissioner of Land Administration […]
2007, Ganapathy Palanithurai et al., A Handbook for Panchayati Raj Administration (Tamil Nadu), Concept Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 58:This has spurred major efforts to write-off loans by the two pilot banks and considerable progress at the largest of the SOCBs (the ICBC).
2005, OECD Economic Surveys, Volume 2005/13 (September 2005): China, OECD Publishing, page 146
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