write off

• فعل مركب يُستخدم للإشارة إلى شطب دين أو الاعتراف بخسارة أو فشل، أو استبعاد شخص أو شيء باعتباره غير ذي أهمية.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of canceling a debt, considering something as a loss or failure, or dismissing someone or something as insignificant.

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1. formal

   To officially cancel a debt, acknowledging that it will not be paid.

   إسقاط الدين

   • The bank decided to write off the bad loan.
   • The company wrote off millions in unpaid invoices.
   • They had to write off the debt after the client went bankrupt.

   المرادفاتannulcanceldischargeforgiveremitwaive

2. Dismiss as worthlessinformal

   To decide that someone or something is not important, useful, or worth considering.

   الاستهانة بـ

   • Don't write him off just because he's young.
   • Many critics wrote off the movie before it was released.
   • She wrote off his suggestion as impractical.

   المرادفاتbrush offdiscountdismissdisregardignorepooh-poohrejectshrug off

   الأضدادappreciaterespectvalue

3. Destroy completelyinformal

   To damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired.

   تدمير كامل

   • He wrote off his car in the accident.
   • The storm wrote off the entire crop.
   • The fire wrote off the building.

   المرادفاتdemolishdestroysmashtotaltrashwreck

   الأضدادfixmendrebuildrepairrestoresalvage

الفعل الأساسيwrite