write-off

write-off
write-offs
1) N-COUNT Something such as a vehicle that is a write-off has been so badly damaged in an accident that it is not worth repairing. [BRIT]

The car was a write-off, but everyone escaped unharmed.

2) N-COUNT A write-off is the decision by a company or government to accept that they will never recover a debt or an amount of money that has been spent on something.

Mr James persuaded the banks to accept a large write-off of debt.

3) N-SING If you describe a plan or period of time as a write-off, you mean that it has been a failure and you have achieved nothing. [INFORMAL]

Today was really a bit of a write-off for me...

For him, the rest of the decade was a creative write-off.


English dictionary. 2008.

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