wrote off

Gave up on

Wrote off is the past tense of write off.

To write something off is to dismiss it as worthless or hopeless: I wrote off the whole day after that meeting.

In accounting, writing off means removing a debt or asset from the books as a loss: The bank wrote off millions in bad loans.

To write off a vehicle is to declare it a total loss after an accident.

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car accident · junk · wreck · amortization · totaled · rejection · lost cause · cancellation · bankruptcy · obsolescence · balance sheet · depreciation · disregard · scrap · insurance claim · dent · neglect · oversight

Opposites
value assessment

wrote offvalued

Held in high regard

appreciated · treasured · prized · esteemed · recognized

salvageability

wrote offsalvaged

Rescued from destruction

rescued · recovered · saved · restored · reclaimed

financial treatment

wrote offwrote up

Recorded formally or disciplined

capitalized · collected · recovered · recouped · appreciated

Family

write, wrote, written, writing, writer, writers, writings, rewrite, rewrites

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G