41. Under the old rules, a company has to " amortize " or write off a fixed portion of goodwill over time. 42. When an insurance company writes off a car, the registration document ( V5 logbook ) is surrendered to them and destroyed. 43. The Fairfield people were generous in their support of Westwood, giving ?00 and in 1871 writing off a debt of ?50. 44. So far it has been staved off only by the unwillingness of venture capitalists to write off as worthless their investments. 45. Coale estimated PG & E faced the prospect of writing off as much as $ 3 billion in losses this year. 46. It said it would have to write off as much as $ 105 million against its third-quarter earnings as a result. 47. The company will write off a total $ 55 million in costs if the deal fails to go through, it said. 48. Analysts and investors said they were relieved that the company did not have to write off a larger amount of corporate loans. 49. To former welfare recipients with new jobs, Jackson offers tax advice on how to write off a business suit and bus pass. 50. The company will write off a total US $ 55 million in costs if the deal fails to go through, it said.