To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
To kill (a person or animal).
To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
To excrete (waste products).
To record a notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
To treat as a write-off, a total loss, especially something damaged beyond economic repair.
To record (an expenditure) as an expense.
To remove a portion of a debt or an amount of an account owed, counting it as a loss (as a gesture of goodwill for example).
To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero.
To assign a low value to (something).