write off

write off
1) PHRASAL VERB If you write off to a company or organization, you send them a letter, usually asking for something.

[V P to n] He wrote off to the New Zealand Government for these pamphlets about life in New Zealand. [Also V P]

Syn:
2) PHRASAL VERB If someone writes off a debt or an amount of money that has been spent on a project, they accept that they are never going to get the money back.

[V P n (not pron)] It was the president who persuaded the West to write off Polish debts...

[V P n (not pron)] He had long since written off the money. [Also V n P]

3) PHRASAL VERB If you write someone or something off, you decide that they are unimportant or useless and that they are not worth further serious attention.

[V n P] He is fed up with people writing him off because of his age...

[V n P as n/adj] His critics write him off as too cautious to succeed...

[V P n (not pron)] Most voters care more about jobs and therefore the Government can write off voters motivated by environmental issues...

[V P n (not pron) as n/adj] These people are difficult to write off as malingering employees.

Syn:
4) PHRASAL VERB If someone writes off a vehicle, they have a crash in it and it is so badly damaged that it is not worth repairing. [BRIT]

[V P n (not pron)] John's written off four cars. Now he sticks to public transport...

[V n P] One of Pete's friends wrote his car off there.

5) PHRASAL VERB If you write off a plan or project, you accept that it is not going to be successful and do not continue with it.

[V P n (not pron)] We decided to write off the rest of the day and go shopping...

[V n P] The prices were much higher. So we decided to write that off...

[V P n (not pron) as n] It's too soon to write off the whole consultation process as a failure...

[V n P as n] They've stopped the project and will write this off as part of the growing pains of a new organization.

6) → See also write-off

English dictionary. 2008.

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