帳ちょう消けし

noun

writing off a debt; cancellation of a debt

Refers to the accounting act of removing a debt from the books, often used in the pattern 帳消しにする.

• その借しゃっ金きんは帳ちょう消けしにしてもらった。

  They wrote off that debt for me.

• 古ふるい未み収しゅう金きんを帳ちょう消けしにする処しょ理りを行おこなった。

  We processed the write-off of old outstanding receivables.

noun

cancelling out; offsetting; making even

Used when gains and losses, pluses and minuses, or good and bad points cancel each other out, leaving a net zero effect.

• 今こん回かいの利り益えきと損そん失しつが帳ちょう消けしになって、結けっ局きょくプラスマイナスゼロだった。

  The profits and losses this time cancelled each other out, so it ended up being a wash.

• 彼かれの長ちょう所しょと短たん所しょが帳ちょう消けしで、評ひょう価かが難むずかしい。

  His strengths and weaknesses offset each other, making him hard to evaluate.