to write off

  • 91write*/*/*/ — [raɪt] (past tense wrote [rəʊt] ; past participle written [ˈrɪt(ə)n] ) verb 1) [I/T] to use something such as a pen or pencil to make words, numbers, or symbols Emily is just learning to write.[/ex] Write your full name in Box A.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to …

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  • 92write — [c]/raɪt / (say ruyt) verb (wrote or, Archaic, writ, written, writing) –verb (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. 2. to expr …

  • 93write-down — noun (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset • Syn: ↑write off • Derivationally related forms: ↑write down, ↑write off (for: ↑write off) • …

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  • 94write someone/something off — 1 they have had to write off loans: FORGET ABOUT, disregard, give up on, cancel, annul, wipe out. 2 he wrote off his new car: WRECK, smash up, crash, destroy …

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  • 95write — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To compose in words] Syn. set forth, record, formulate, draft, turn out, give a report, note down, transcribe, pen, put in writing, comment upon, go into, indite, typewrite, communicate, rewrite, produce poetry, produce… …

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  • 96write — v 1. inscribe, Rare. scribe, pen, put pen to paper, commit to paper; jot down, dash off; scrawl, scribble, scrabble, scratch. 2. draft, draw up, write up or out; lucubrate. 3. author, compose, indite; poeticize, poetize, versify, rhyme, sing;… …

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  • 97write */*/*/ — UK [raɪt] / US verb Word forms write : present tense I/you/we/they write he/she/it writes present participle writing past tense wrote UK [rəʊt] / US [roʊt] past participle written UK [ˈrɪt(ə)n] / US 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to use a pen to …

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  • 98write — [[t]ra͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ writes, writing, wrote, written 1) VERB When you write something on a surface, you use something such as a pen or pencil to produce words, letters, or numbers on the surface. [V n adv/prep] If you d like one, simply write your… …

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  • 99write something off — 1) write someone/something off dismiss someone or something as insignificant the boy had been written off as a nonachiever 2) cancel the record of a bad debt; acknowledge the loss of or failure to recover an asset he urged the banks to write off… …

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  • 100write — verb 1) he wrote her name in the book Syn: put in writing, write down, jot down, put down, note, take down, record, register, log, list; inscribe, sign, scribble, scrawl, pencil 2) Jacqueline wrote a …

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