write off

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner la radiation d'une dette, la reconnaissance d'une perte ou d'un échec, ou le fait d'écarter quelqu'un ou quelque chose comme négligeable.

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.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. formal

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

   passer par pertes et profits

   • 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.

   Synonymesannulcanceldischargeforgiveremitwaive

2. Dismiss as worthlessinformal

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

   Ne pas prendre au sérieux, considérer comme nul

   • 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.

   Synonymesbrush offdiscountdismissdisregardignorepooh-poohrejectshrug off

   Antonymesappreciaterespectvalue

3. Destroy completelyinformal

   To damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired.

   détruire complètement

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

   Synonymesdemolishdestroysmashtotaltrashwreck

   Antonymesfixmendrebuildrepairrestoresalvage

Verbe de basewrite