write off

écarter, ne plus croire en

Juger qu’une personne ou une chose a peu de valeur ou aucune chance de réussir.

En anglais simple : To decide that someone or something has little value or no chance of success.

• Do not write her off yet.
• Everyone wrote off our team before we won the final.
• He had written the idea off as too expensive.

Comment l'utiliser : write someone/something off as something (Critics wrote the young singer off as a failure.)

Synonymes : dismiss, discount

Expressions courantes : write off someone, write off their chances

annuler, remettre

Renoncer à recevoir l’argent dû et l’enregistrer comme une perte.

En anglais simple : To stop expecting payment of money owed and record it as a loss.

• The bank wrote off his debt.
• They agreed to write off part of the unpaid bill.
• Will the charity ask lenders to write these loans off?

Comment l'utiliser : write off something (The bank wrote off half of her debt.)

Synonymes : cancel, forgive

Expressions courantes : write off a debt, write off unpaid loans

déduire, comptabiliser en charges

Enregistrer une somme dépensée comme une charge de l’entreprise, ce qui réduit souvent les impôts.

En anglais simple : To record money spent as a business cost, often reducing the tax you pay.

• You can write off business expenses.
• He wrote off the hotel bill as a travel expense.
• Can we write this purchase off against our taxes?

Comment l'utiliser : write something off as something (She wrote the train fare off as a business expense.)

Synonymes : expense, deduct

Expressions courantes : write off travel costs, write off business expenses

déclarer irréparable

Considérer un bien endommagé comme entièrement perdu parce que sa réparation coûterait trop cher.

En anglais simple : To decide that something damaged would cost too much to repair and treat it as a complete loss.

• The crash wrote off my car.
• The insurance company has written off the damaged van.
• Will they write it off or pay for repairs?

Comment l'utiliser : write something off (The insurer wrote our van off after the accident.)

Synonymes : total

Expressions courantes : write off a car, write off a vehicle

sortir de l’actif, ramener à zéro

Inscrire officiellement qu’un bien appartenant à une entreprise n’a plus aucune valeur.

En anglais simple : To officially record that something owned by a business has no remaining value.

• We wrote off the old equipment.
• The accountant wrote off stock that could no longer be sold.
• Should we write this asset off completely?

Comment l'utiliser : write off something (The company wrote off its obsolete equipment.)

Expressions courantes : write off an asset, write off obsolete stock

amortir

Enregistrer comme une charge la perte progressive de valeur d’un bien, sans dépenser d’argent à ce moment-là.

En anglais simple : To record a cost as something loses value over time, without spending money at that moment.

• We write off depreciation every year.
• The firm wrote off part of the machine’s cost through depreciation.
• How much will you write off for amortization this year?

Comment l'utiliser : write off something over a period (We write off the equipment cost over five years.)

Synonymes : depreciate, amortize

Expressions courantes : write off depreciation, write off annual amortization