学个词Learn a Word 第1369期 write off

　　今天我们要学的词是write off。Write off, 有取消、勾销债款的意思。负债累累的希腊无法偿还所有贷款， "Private banks agreed to write off 50% of Greek debt last week," 上星期，私营银行同意勾销希腊50%的负债。奥巴马政府推出新的"pay as you can"助学贷款计划，其中规定, "After 20 years of payments¹, any remaining balance would be written off," 付款20年之后，将不必再偿还剩余款项。如果你是自己开公司的话，那么报税时，"You can write the computer off as a business expense," 你的电脑可以按商业成本抵税。好的，今天我们学习的词是write off...

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n.支付，付款，缴纳，报酬( payment的名词复数 )；付出的[要付出的]款项；报答，报偿

参考例句：

• Welfare payments cease as soon as an individual starts a job. 一旦就业，即停发福利救济。
• The law can compel fathers to make regular payments for their children. 这项法律可强制父亲定期支付子女的费用。