注销，核销：指把债务、坏账或资产的账面价值减少、取消或承认其归零，报税时也指确认某些为取得所得而发生的费用可在所得中扣减（常作 be written off）；认为……无足轻重、没有希望而不予认真理会，不看好（常作 be written off as）；去函索取，函购（常作 write off for，多作 have/has written off for sth）；（英国英语）车辆报废、全损：指损坏严重、不值得修复。
Another solution was handing powers to elected regional assemblies, said Prof Hazell, which although "dead for the time being" after being overwhelmingly rejected by voters in the North-East, should not be "written-off forever".