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\"written off\"

French translation: écarté (comme improbable)

13:51 Mar 8, 2016
English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
English term or phrase: \"written off\"
Bonjour,

Le sens de "written off" m'échappe ici. Merci de vos lumières. Il s'agit d'un texte sur les anticipations d'inflation.

...a renewed collapse in oil (where the second year halving in price we had once written off suddenly became much more likely).

Cordialement,

Laurence Bourel
Laurence Bourel
France
Local time: 02:48
French translation:écarté (comme improbable)
Explanation:
In the sense of "dismissed".

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write off

write someone or something off
to drop someone or something from consideration. The manager wrote Tom off for a promotion. I wrote off that piece of swampy land as worthless. It can't be used for anything.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/write off
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Ana Vozone
Local time: 01:48
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3exclu
Francois Boye
3 +3écarté (comme improbable)
Ana Vozone
3annulé
Françoise LE MEUR
3amorti(e)s
AllegroTrans


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
annulé


Explanation:
en général veut dire déprécié dans les textes financiers mais sur les anticipations peut -être signifie annulée

Françoise LE MEUR
France
Local time: 02:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 39
Notes to answerer
Asker: je pensais plutôt à quelque chose comme "faire une croix sur", "considérer comme perdu", se résigner

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
exclu


Explanation:
IL s'agit d'exclure quelque chose de possible

Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 20:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 964
Notes to answerer
Asker: Merci également, mais j'ai retenu ici l'idée de provisoire à cause de "once"


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ThompsonText: agree - "we had written off the idea of a halving in price, but it now seems more likely"
10 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Françoise Vogel
25 mins
  -> Merci !
agree  Germaine: j'hésitais entre exclue et écartée, mais finalement, "exclue" m'apparaît plus proche de "mettre une croix sur".
4 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
écarté (comme improbable)


Explanation:
In the sense of "dismissed".

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/write off

write someone or something off
to drop someone or something from consideration. The manager wrote Tom off for a promotion. I wrote off that piece of swampy land as worthless. It can't be used for anything.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/write off

Ana Vozone
Local time: 01:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 73
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Françoise LE MEUR
3 mins
  -> Merci, LEMEON!
agree  Didier Fourcot: Ou provisoirement écarté (vu qu'on revient sur ce choix, c'est en tous cas mieux que "exclu" qui est plus définitif)
51 mins
  -> Merci, Didier!
agree  Katia CULOT
1 hr
  -> Merci, KatLOT!
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
amorti(e)s


Explanation:


[...] provide loans to these countries if they are expecting that these debts will be totally written off by public creditors.
europarl.europa.eu




[...] privée accorde des prêts à ces pays si ceux-ci espèrent voir leurs dettes entièrement amorties par des créanciers publics.
europarl.europa.eu


AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 177
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