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WRITE OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reduce the estimated value of something
Example:
For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer
Synonyms:
expense; write down; write off
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "write off" is one way to...):
depreciate (lower the value of something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
write-off (the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset)
write-off ((accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody
Example:
write it off as a loss
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "write off" is one way to...):
acknowledge; admit (declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Write something fluently, and without hesitation
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "write off" is one way to...):
compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Cancel (a debt)
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "write off" is one way to...):
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
write-off (the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset)
