charge-off

or charge·off

[ chahrj-awf, -of ]

/ ˈtʃɑrdʒˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

a write-off, especially of a bad loan by a bank.

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Origin of charge-off

charge + (write)-off

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How to use charge-off in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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That is a fact recorded by the doctor in charge of the ambulance at the inquest.
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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
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The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
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He was voluble in his declarations that they would “put the screws” to Ollie on the charge of perjury.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
The mother's lips could not finish the charge she was about to put upon her innocent child.
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There was a time when Aristide Pujol, in sole charge of an automobile, went gaily scuttering over the roads of France.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Louis was not less astonished at this charge, than the Empress had been at the communication which aroused it.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with charge-off

charge off

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.