write off

write off
1. transitive verb
1) (compose with ease) herunterschreiben (ugs.)
2) (cancel) abschreiben [Schulden, Verlust]; (fig.)

write somebody off [as a failure etc.] — jemanden [als Versager] abschreiben (ugs.)

3) (destroy) zu Schrott fahren
2. intransitive verb
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◆ write off
I. vi
▪ to \write off off for sth etw [schriftlich] anfordern
II. vt
1. (dismiss)
▪ to \write off off ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw abschreiben fam
2. FIN
to \write off off ⇆ an asset einen Vermögenswert abschreiben
to \write off off ⇆ a debt Schulden abschreiben
3. BRIT (destroy)
to \write off off a car ein Auto zu Schrott fahren fam
4. (send)
to \write off off a letter einen Brief abschicken
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1. vi
See:
= write away
2. vt sep
1) (= write quickly) (schnell) hinschreiben; essay, poem herunterschreiben
2) debt, losses abschreiben; (fig = regard as failure) abschreiben

don't write him off just yet — schreib ihn noch nicht ganz ab

3) car etc (driver) zu Schrott fahren (inf); (insurance company) als Totalschaden abschreiben
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write off v/t
1. schnell abfassen, hinhauen umg
2. WIRTSCH (vollständig) abschreiben (auch fig):
write sth off against one’s tax etwas von der Steuer abschreiben;
he wrote off his new car Br umg er hat seinen neuen Wagen zu Schrott gefahren
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1. transitive verb
1) (compose with ease) herunterschreiben (ugs.)
2) (cancel) abschreiben [Schulden, Verlust]; (fig.)

write somebody off [as a failure etc.] — jemanden [als Versager] abschreiben (ugs.)

3) (destroy) zu Schrott fahren
2. intransitive verb
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v.
abbuchen v.
abschreiben v. n.
Abschreibung f.

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