write off for (something)

phrasal verb

wrote off for (something); written off for (something); writing off for (something); writes off for (something)

chiefly British

: to make a request for (something) by sending a letter

She wrote off for a free sample.

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This is done to bless a family or individual that needs it, but also as a tax write off for us. —

Kate Gibson, CBS News, 11 June 2024 Operating expenses for the full year 2023 were $78.5 million, which includes the one-time write off for impairment of goodwill of $60.9 million, compared to $26.8 million in the prior year. —

Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024 Nonprofit hospitals are largely allowed to decide for themselves how much medical care to write off for patients who can’t afford to pay. —

Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022 The third, in 2022, was a $24.3 b write off for exiting their joint venture with oil-producer Rosneft, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. —

Ian Palmer, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022

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