WRITE-OFF - Translation from English into Polish

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write-off N

1. write-off Brit (vehicle):

this car is a complete write-off: ten samochód nadaje się tylko do kasacji

2. write-off ECON:

write-off: umorzenie nt długu

write off VB trans

1. write off person, project:

write off: spisywać [perf spisać] na straty

2. write off ECON:

to write off a debt: umarzać [perf umorzyć] dług

3. write off Brit car:

write off: kasować [perf s-]

Present
I	write off
you	write off
he/she/it	writes off
we	write off
you	write off
they	write off

Past
I	wrote off
you	wrote off
he/she/it	wrote off
we	wrote off
you	wrote off
they	wrote off

Present Perfect
I	have	written off
you	have	written off
he/she/it	has	written off
we	have	written off
you	have	written off
they	have	written off

Past Perfect
I	had	written off
you	had	written off
he/she/it	had	written off
we	had	written off
you	had	written off
they	had	written off

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to write off a debt: umarzać [perf umorzyć] dług

this car is a complete write-off: ten samochód nadaje się tylko do kasacji

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

The corporate tax rate was set at 45%, and mining companies could write off 75% of capital investment against taxes in the first year and 50% of the remainder thereafter.

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And the technophobe thought it made sense to write off the pigeons, as well as their care, food and housing, as a business expense.

www.dailyfinance.com

The plane was a write-off, but the pilot walked away.

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In boom times art may be supported by wildcat speculation or by excess funds in form of grants from the state or patronship as a tax write-off.

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The car ended up on its roof on the hard shoulder of the motorway, and was a write-off.

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