Phrasal Verbs

write off (1)

This page is about the phrasal verb write off (1)

Meaning

to accept that a debt or loan won't be paid back, or that an investment has been lost

For example

  • write sth off We won't get the money back, so we'll have to write it off as a bad debt.

  • write off sth After accepting that the business was going to fail, they wrote off their investment.

Nouns often used as objects with write off (1): debt, loan, investment, shares, stocks

Quick Quiz

We wrote off the debt because the company that owed us the money had

a. been sold

b. gone bankrupt

c. gone public
a) been sold b) gone bankrupt c) gone public
write off (1)

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