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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody;
- Example: "write it off as a loss"

2. write something fluently, and without hesitation;

3. cancel (a debt);

4. reduce the estimated value of something;
- Example: "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"
[syn: expense, write off, write down]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

write off
    v 1: concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody;
         "write it off as a loss"
    2: write something fluently, and without hesitation
    3: cancel (a debt)
    4: reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes
       you can write off the laser printer" [syn: expense, write
       off, write down]