write off
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody
write it off as a loss
Types & categories
- acknowledge hypernym
Sense 2 verb
write something fluently, and without hesitation
Types & categories
- pen hypernym
Sense 3 verb
cancel (a debt)
Types & categories
- strike down hypernym
Related & opposite
- write-off derivation
Sense 4 verb
reduce the estimated value of something
For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer
Types & categories
- depreciate hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | acknowledge |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pen |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | write-off |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | strike down |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | write-off |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | write-off |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | depreciate |