zero out

verb

zeroed out; zeroing out; zeroes out

US

1

: to reduce the amount of (something) to zero

Be sure to zero out the account before you switch banks.

2

: to remove (something) completely

This program will be zeroed out in the budget for next year.

New legislation will zero out further funding for the project.

Examples of zero out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tepper also zeroed out a stake worth more than $400 million in Sandisk . — Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

Everything Nate Silver ever published on his website was just zeroed out by Disney. — ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026

But funding for the Mars Sample Return mission was zeroed out of the fiscal 2026 budget, leaving the tubes in place with nobody to collect them. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 June 2026

Both donations zeroed out the districts’ total lunch debt from the start of the 2025-2026 school year through April 30, 2026. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026

Rhymes for zero out

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout