afschrijven — meaning in English
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English meaning
- write off verb To decide that someone or something is a failure and not worth any further effort or attention.
Senses
afschrijven is used for these senses in English:
- write off (accounting, transitive) To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.
write off — full definition
- verb To decide that someone or something is a failure and not worth any further effort or attention.
- verb To cancel a debt in the accounts, or to record an asset as having lost all its value.
- noun A vehicle so badly damaged that repairing it would cost more than it is worth; usually written write-off.
- noun A period of time completely wasted or ruined.