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writing off (a debt)
  1. 1 writing off (a debt), cancellation, balancing the books — oft. as 〜にする
  2. 2 cancelling out (gains or losses), making even, making up (for), offsetting, undoing, wiping out
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· examples

  • We had to write off the debt.

    sense 1 · writing off (a debt)

  • Hours lost on the ground cancel out the advantage of speed in the air.

    sense 2 · cancelling out (gains or losses)

  • His weakness cancels out his virtues.

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