帳消ちょうけ
chōkeshi

Noun

1. writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books

負債ふさい帳消ちょうけしにするしかなかった。
fusaiwa chōkeshini surushika nakatta.
We had to write off the debt.
Noun

2. cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for); offsetting; undoing; wiping out

地上ちじょう空費くうひされる時間じかん飛行ひこうはやさという有利ゆうりみせ帳消ちょうけしにしてしまう。
chijōde kūhi sareru jikanga hikōkino hayasato iu yūrina miseo chōkeshini shite shimau.
Hours lost on the ground cancel out the advantage of speed in the air.