Definition for write-off - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	write-off (write-off) noun 1British a vehicle or other object that is too badly damaged to be repaired: the passengers were unharmed, but my car was a total write-off a worthless or ineffectual person or thing: the magazine was a write-off, its credibility rating below zero 2 Finance a cancellation from an account of a bad debt or worthless asset: their profits are weakening thanks to loan write-offs		Search results in the dictionary write someone/thing off in write write something off in write More results » Nearby Words wristy writ ¹ writ ² writ of execution writ of summons write write-back write-down write-in write-off write-once write-protect write-up writer writer to the Signet writer-in-residence writerly writhe writhen