write off

write off
write off scrivere (una lettera) (to a)
Ex:
to write off for — scrivere per chiedere [catalogue, information]; write [sth., sb.] off
/Ex:
1) (wreck) distruggere, ridurre a un rottame [car]
2) amm. stornare [bad debt, loss]; ammortare [capital]
3) (end) cancellare [debt]; annullare [project]
4) (dismiss) [critic] liquidare [person]
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1. vi + adv
See:
2. vt + adv
(debt) estinguere, (scheme) porre un termine a, (smash up: car) distruggere

to write off a debt — estinguere un debito

to write off a car — rottamare una macchina

he was written off as useless fig — fu deciso che era un incompetente punto e basta

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write off scrivere (una lettera) (to a)
Ex:
to write off for — scrivere per chiedere [catalogue, information]; write [sth., sb.] off
/Ex:
1) (wreck) distruggere, ridurre a un rottame [car]
2) amm. stornare [bad debt, loss]; ammortare [capital]
3) (end) cancellare [debt]; annullare [project]
4) (dismiss) [critic] liquidare [person]

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