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write off
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb write off has 4 senses
- write off(v = verb.cognition) Array - concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody; "write it off as a loss" is one way to acknowledge, admit
- write off(v = verb.creation) Array - write something fluently, and without hesitation; Array is one way to compose, indite, pen, write
- write off(v = verb.social) Array - cancel (a debt); Array is one way to cancel, strike down
- write off(v = verb.change) expense, write down - reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer" is one way to depreciate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun write-off2
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Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun write-off2, noun write-off1
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Somebody ----s something
THESAURUS
write off
abate, abatement, abolish, abolishment, abolition, abrogate, abrogation, absolve, agio, allow, allowance, annul, annulment, bank discount, bate, belittle, breakage, bury the hatchet, cancel, canceling, cancellation, cash discount, cassation, chain discount, charge off, charge to experience, charge-off, concession, countermand, counterorder, cut, declare a moratorium, decry, deduct, deduction, defeasance, depreciate, depreciation, derogate, detract from, devaluate, devalue, disannul, discount, disparage, do away with, downgrade, drawback, forget, forgive and forget, grace period, invalidate, invalidation, kick back, kickback, let it go, let it pass, lower, make allowance, make void, mark down, minimize, moratorium, nullification, nullify, obliterate, obliteration, override, overrule, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, premium, price reduction, price-cut, rebate, rebatement, recall, recant, recantation, reduce, reduction, refund, renege, repeal, rescind, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retract, retraction, reversal, reverse, revocation, revoke, revokement, rollback, run down, salvage, set aside, setoff, setting aside, suspend, suspension, take a premium, take off, tare, time discount, trade discount, tret, underrate, underselling, undervalue, vacate, vacation, vacatur, void, voidance, voiding, waive, waiver, waiving, wipe out, withdraw, withdrawal, write down
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