writes off
Claims as deduction
Writes off is the third-person singular of write off, meaning to dismiss as unimportant or beyond saving: Everyone writes off the team after a losing season.
In accounting, to write off is to reduce an asset's value to zero or cancel a debt as uncollectible: The bank writes off bad loans quarterly.
Something written off as a total loss—especially a wrecked vehicle—becomes a write-off.
- depreciationAsset value reduction over time
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- lost causeEndeavor certain to fail
- gives upCeases effort or resistance
- throws awayDisposes of as refuse
trivialization · forgiveness · dismissal · amortization · balance sheet · cancel · invalidation · takes away · rejection · disregard · insolvency · indifference · underestimate · no chance · neglect · skepticism · bad debt · red ink
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures