write off

abschreiben

Jemanden oder etwas für wenig wertvoll oder chancenlos halten.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: write someone/something off as something (Critics wrote the young singer off as a failure.)

Synonyme: dismiss, discount

Häufige Wendungen: write off someone, write off their chances

erlassen, abschreiben

Nicht mehr mit der Rückzahlung einer Schuld rechnen und sie als Verlust verbuchen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: write off something (The bank wrote off half of her debt.)

Synonyme: cancel, forgive

Häufige Wendungen: write off a debt, write off unpaid loans

als Betriebsausgabe absetzen

Ausgegebenes Geld als Geschäftskosten erfassen, wodurch oft weniger Steuern anfallen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: write something off as something (She wrote the train fare off as a business expense.)

Synonyme: expense, deduct

Häufige Wendungen: write off travel costs, write off business expenses

zum Totalschaden erklären

Etwas Beschädigtes als vollständigen Verlust einstufen, weil die Reparatur zu teuer wäre.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: write something off (The insurer wrote our van off after the accident.)

Synonyme: total

Häufige Wendungen: write off a car, write off a vehicle

vollständig abschreiben, ausbuchen

In den Geschäftsunterlagen festhalten, dass ein Vermögensgegenstand keinen Wert mehr hat.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: write off something (The company wrote off its obsolete equipment.)

Häufige Wendungen: write off an asset, write off obsolete stock

abschreiben

Den allmählichen Wertverlust als Kosten erfassen, ohne dabei gerade Geld auszugeben.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: write off something over a period (We write off the equipment cost over five years.)

Synonyme: depreciate, amortize

Häufige Wendungen: write off depreciation, write off annual amortization