帳消し
Meanings
1
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.
They wrote off that debt for me.
We processed the write-off of old outstanding receivables.
2
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.
The profits and losses this time cancelled each other out, so it ended up being a wash.
His strengths and weaknesses offset each other, making him hard to evaluate.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉を帳消しにするto write off/cancel out something
He had his debt written off.
- 〈事〉が帳消しになるfor something to be cancelled out/nullified
This failure wiped out all my previous efforts.
- 借金を帳消しにするto write off a debt
I wrote off my friend's debt.