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To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: accounting, business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To record (an expenditure) as an expense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: accounting, business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To remove a portion of a debt or an amount of an account owed, counting it as a loss (as a gesture of goodwill for example).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: accounting, business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: accounting, business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To assign a low value to (somebody or something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Examples
- When Katya was injured, he wrote off the team's chances in the finals.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
reduce the estimated value of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expense, write down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: depreciate
concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: admit, acknowledge
write something fluently, and without hesitation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: write, compose, pen, indite
cancel (a debt)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cancel, strike down
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
odepsat
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Danish:
nedskrive
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Dutch:
afschrijven
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Finnish:
poistaa
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Finnish:
alaskirjata nollaan
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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German:
abschreiben
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Polish:
odpisywać dług
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Polish:
odpisać dług
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Russian:
спи́сывать
(spísyvatʹ)
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Russian:
списа́ть
(spisátʹ)
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Swedish:
avskriva
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Swedish:
skriva av
— to reduce an asset's book value to zero
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Bulgarian:
отписвам
(otpisvam)
— to record an expenditure as an expense
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Dutch:
declareren
— to record an expenditure as an expense
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Finnish:
kirjata kuluksi
— to record an expenditure as an expense
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Polish:
odpisywać
— to record an expenditure as an expense
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Polish:
odpisać
— to record an expenditure as an expense
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Russian:
спи́сывать
(spísyvatʹ)
— to record an expenditure as an expense
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Russian:
списа́ть
(spisátʹ)
— to record an expenditure as an expense
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Swedish:
avskriva
— to record an expenditure as an expense
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Swedish:
skriva av
— to record an expenditure as an expense
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Finnish:
alaskirjata
— to record a notional expense
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Polish:
księgować
— to record a notional expense
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Polish:
zaksięgować
— to record a notional expense
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Russian:
спи́сывать
(spísyvatʹ)
— to record a notional expense
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Russian:
списа́ть
(spisátʹ)
— to record a notional expense
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Swedish:
avskriva
— to record a notional expense
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Swedish:
skriva av
— to record a notional expense
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Bulgarian:
отпи́свам
(otpísvam)
— to assign a low value to somebody or something
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Bulgarian:
отпи́ша
(otpíša)
— to assign a low value to somebody or something
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Finnish:
alaskirjata
— to assign a low value to somebody or something
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Italian:
dare per perso
— to assign a low value to somebody or something
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Polish:
spisywać na straty
— to assign a low value to somebody or something
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Polish:
spisać na straty
— to assign a low value to somebody or something
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Polish:
stawiać krzyżyk
— to assign a low value to somebody or something
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Polish:
postawić krzyżyk
— to assign a low value to somebody or something
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Russian:
спи́сывать
(spísyvatʹ)
— to assign a low value to somebody or something
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Russian:
списа́ть
(spisátʹ)
— to assign a low value to somebody or something