charge off

— Phrasal Verb with charge

/tʃɑːdʒ/ verb

Definition

› FINANCE to consider as a loss a debt that will probably not be paid: The company charged off $120 million worth of bad credit-card debt in the third quarter.

(Definition of charge off from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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