write off

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения списания долга, признания чего-либо убытком или неудачей, или отметания кого-либо или чего-либо как незначительного.

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.

uncountable · irregular verb · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. formal

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

   Списать долг

   • 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.

   Synonymsannulcanceldischargeforgiveremitwaive

2. Dismiss as worthlessinformal

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

   Сбрасывать со счетов

   • 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.

   Synonymsbrush offdiscountdismissdisregardignorepooh-poohrejectshrug off

   Antonymsappreciaterespectvalue

3. Destroy completelyinformal

   To damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired.

   Уничтожить полностью

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

   Synonymsdemolishdestroysmashtotaltrashwreck

   Antonymsfixmendrebuildrepairrestoresalvage

Base verbwrite