English-Swedish translations for write off

  • avskrivaDe tycks beredda att avskriva tredje världen.They seem to be prepared to write off the Third World. 1999 - det sjätte året i följd som revisionsrätten vägrade att avskriva räkenskaperna.1999 - the sixth year running that the Court of Auditors refused to write off the accounts. Har vi då rätt att avskriva dem som vill bedriva sin verksamhet inom textil och konfektion?But do we have the right to write off those who want to ply their trade in textiles and clothing?
  • skriva avTrots G8-ledarnas löfte om att skriva av de fattigaste utvecklingsländernas skulder har inga framsteg gjorts hittills.Despite the undertaking by G8 to write off the debts of the poorest developing countries, no progress has been made to date. Risken är stor att EU då kommer att skriva av lånen, med de välbekanta orden: ”vi har inget val, vi måste förhindra att det värsta händer”.There is a good chance that Europe will then write off the loans, with the familiar words, 'we have no choice; we need to prevent worse happening'. En del länder är bra styrda, andra dåligt, och vi kan inte lova samtliga att vi skall skriva av deras skulder och lösa deras problem över en natt.Some countries are governed well, and others badly, and we cannot promise all of them that we will write off their debts and solve their problems overnight.

Definition of write off

  • To reduce the book value of to zero
  • To remove a portion of a debt or an amount of an account owed, counting it as a loss (as a gesture of goodwill for example
  • To treat as a , a , especially something damaged beyond economic repair
  • To assign a low value to (something

Examples

  • When Katya was injured, he wrote off the teams chances in the finals

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