Hurriedly depart, run away, as in After a few minutes, she charged off to the next exhibit . This term alludes to the military meaning of charge , “attack impetuously.” [Early 1500s]
Hurriedly depart, run away, as in After a few minutes, she charged off to the next exhibit . This term alludes to the military meaning of charge , “attack impetuously.” [Early 1500s]
Also, charge against . Consider or count as an accounting loss or expense, as in I'm charging off this purchase to overhead , or Let's charge the new computer against office supplies . [Late 1800s] Also see write off .
Attribute to, blame something for, as in We can charge off these errors to inexperience .
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Provisions for loan losses came in better than consensus estimates at several institutions, with net charge-off forecasts for the year remaining manageable.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
That made for a low annualized net charge-off ratio of 0.09% of average commercial and industrial loans, up from 0.08% the previous quarter and 0.06% during the year-earlier quarter.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
“When you see one cockroach, there are probably more,” JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said Tuesday after his bank reported a $170 million charge-off related to Tricolor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
Zions Bancorp will record following a $50 million charge-off related to legal actions against borrowers.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
To be sure, that third-quarter total was well above the year-ago net charge-off ratio of 0.48%.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025
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