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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset;
[syn: write-off, write-down]

2. the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset;


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

write-off n 1: (accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset [syn: write-off, write-down] 2: the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset