write off

• Partikelverb, das verwendet wird, um das Abschreiben einer Schuld, das Verbuchen eines Verlusts oder Misserfolgs oder das Abtun einer Person oder Sache als unbedeutend zu bezeichnen.

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.

unzählbar · unregelmäßiges Verb · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. formal

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

   Schulden abschreiben

   • 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.

   Synonymeannulcanceldischargeforgiveremitwaive

2. Dismiss as worthlessinformal

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

   Abschreiben

   • 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.

   Synonymebrush offdiscountdismissdisregardignorepooh-poohrejectshrug off

   Antonymeappreciaterespectvalue

3. Destroy completelyinformal

   To damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired.

   Völlig zerstören

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

   Synonymedemolishdestroysmashtotaltrashwreck

   Antonymefixmendrebuildrepairrestoresalvage

Grundverbwrite