write off
• dismiss someone or something as insignificant.
• "they were written off as a bunch of no-hopers"
• cancel the record of a bad debt; acknowledge the loss of or failure to recover an asset.
• "he urged the banks to write off debt owed by poorer countries"
Similar:
forget about,
disregard,
give up on,
give up for lost,
cancel,
annul,
nullify,
wipe out,
cross out,
score out,
write-off
noun
• 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 cancellation from an account of a bad debt or worthless asset.
• "their profits are weakening thanks to loan write-offs"
