cancellation

  • 1cancellation — can·cel·la·tion also can·cel·a·tion n 1: the act or an instance of cancelling 2: a mark made to cancel something (as a check) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2cancellation — can‧cel‧la‧tion [ˌkænsəˈleɪʆn] noun [countable, uncountable] a decision or statement that a planned activity will not happen, or that an agreement will be ended: • Rail passengers are fed up with cancellations and delays. • Britain s aircraft… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 3Cancellation — Can cel*la tion, n. [L. cancellatio: cf. F. cancellation.] 1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. [1913 Webster] 2. (Math.) The operation of striking out common …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4cancellation — A postmark that contains the post office name, state, ZIP Code, and month, day, and year that the mail matter was canceled. (Also see hand stamped cancellation) …

    Glossary of postal terms

  • 5Cancellation — (v. lat.), 1) das Durchstreichen einer Schrift mit zwei sich kreuzenden Strichen[627] bes. 2) die gerichtliche Vernichtung von Urkunden u. Wechseln etc …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 6Cancellation — Cancellation, das Durchstreichen einer Schrift mit Kreuzstrichen, daher die gerichtliche Vernichtung einer Urkunde …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 7cancellation — [n] calling off; erasure abandoning, abandonment, abolishing, abolition, abrogation, annulment, canceling, deletion, dissolution, dissolving, elimination, invalidating, invalidation, nullification, overruling, quashing, recall, recalling, repeal …

    New thesaurus

  • 8cancellation — or cancelation [kan΄sə lā′shən] n. 1. the act of canceling 2. something canceled 3. the mark or marks showing that something is canceled: Also cancelation …

    English World dictionary

  • 9cancellation — (AmE also cancelation) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ last minute ▪ outright ▪ They opted for rescheduling rather than outright cancellation. ▪ flight, train (BrE) …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 10cancellation — UK [ˌkænsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌkæns(ə)lˈeɪʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms cancellation : singular cancellation plural cancellations 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a decision to stop something that has been arranged from taking place the cancellation of… …

    English dictionary