This time next year, we'll be talking about some very large write-offs at somebody's studio.

There will be a very large write-off - they have about $2.2 billion in inventory.

(Its purpose is to make sure that companies with large write-offs still owe some taxes.)

Abusive tax shelters are often marketed by promising a larger write-off than the amount invested.

To do so, Morgan would have had to take a larger write-off on its exposure to developing countries.

Along the way, she wisely observes that new management often takes large write-offs (or "baths") so it can look better in the future.

The declining value of other holdings has forced it to take large write-offs this year.

That same year the Times Company took a large write-off on its investment.

Sales flattened and inventory backed up, resulting in large write-offs.

Some analysts interpreted the stock gain as a positive reaction to the company getting the large fourth-quarter write-offs behind it.