to write off

  • 81direct write-off method — In the USA, the procedure of writing off bad debts as they occur instead of creating a provision for them. Although this practice is unacceptable for financial reporting purposes, it is the only method allowed for tax purposes …

    Accounting dictionary

  • 82direct write-off method — In the USA, the procedure of writing off bad debts as they occur instead of creating a provision for them. Although this practice is unacceptable for financial reporting purposes, it is the only method allowed for tax purposes …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 83debt write-off — nullification of a debt …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 84write — Sell an option. Applies to derivative products. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * write write [raɪt] verb wrote PASTTENSE [rəʊt ǁ roʊt] written PASTPART [ˈrɪtn] 1. [intransitive, transitive] to form letters or numbers with a pen or pencil …

    Financial and business terms

  • 85write — /raIt/ verb past tense wrote past participle written / rItn/ 1 BOOK/ARTICLE ETC a) (I, T) to produce a new book, poem song etc: I can t come with you I have an essay to write. | a concerto written by Mozart | write about (=describe something):… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 86write down — verb 1. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑set down, ↑get down, ↑put down • Hypernyms: ↑write • Hyponyms: ↑transcribe …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 87write sth off — Ⅰ. UK US write sth off Phrasal Verb with write({{}}/raɪt/ verb (wrote, written) ► ACCOUNTING, FINANCE to accept that an amount of money has been lost, for example, from a bad investment or a debt that will never be paid, and show it as a loss in… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 88write — /ruyt/, v., wrote or (Archaic) writ; written or (Archaic) writ; writing. v.t. 1. to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name… …

    Universalium

  • 89write — [[t]raɪt[/t]] v. wrote, writ•ten, writ•ing 1) to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.), esp. on paper, with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means: Write your name on each page[/ex] 2) to express or communicate in writing: He… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 90write — v. (past wrote; past part. written) 1 intr. mark paper or some other surface by means of a pen, pencil, etc., with symbols, letters, or words. 2 tr. form or mark (such symbols etc.). 3 tr. form or mark the symbols that represent or constitute (a… …

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