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The act of cancelling
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cancellation
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In television, cancellation refers to the termination of a program by a network , typically because of low viewership, financial losses, or unfavourable critical reviews. Other potential reasons for canceling television programs include controversies involving ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cancellation \Can`cel*la"tion\, n. [L. cancellatio: cf. F. cancellation.] The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. (Math.) The operation of striking out common factors, in ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also cancelation , 1530s, from Latin cancellationem (nominative cancellatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of cancellare "to cancel" (see cancel ). Of reservations for conveyances, hotels, etc., from 1953.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cancellation charge ▪ If you change your flight booking, you may have to pay a cancellation charge. a cancellation fee (= a charge for ending an agreement you have made to travel on a train, stay at a hotel etc ) ▪ ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. 2 (context mathematics English) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor. 3 (context ...
Usage examples of cancellation.
It was a straightforward decision by the BBC not to put it out and I had negotiated a cancellation payment while he was in Australia.
But doubtful weather conditions in the Berlin area caused the Lancaster raid to be abandoned, the cancellation order not reaching squadrons until 10.
I guess we could say it was really only one last-minute cancellation for two rooms.
He would try to negotiate with the Allies a cancellation of reparations, whose payment had been temporarily stopped by the Hoover moratorium.
If this were done, and as soon as he had settled the problem of cancellation of reparations and equality of armaments, he himself would retire.
He seemed to be on the eve of sensational successes in foreign policy with regard to both the cancellation of reparations and equality of armament for the Reich.
Hitler, to work on his chief, and after some hesitation and more than one cancellation the Fuehrer agreed definitely to come to Smolensk on March 13, 1943.
How can legally elected consuls initiate a revolutionary measure like a general cancellation of debt?
And do you think those in favor of a general cancellation of debt do not understand all that?
And sure enough, they all reported back that it was indeed being bruited about that if Catilina and Lucius Cassius were elected the consuls, they would bring in a general cancellation of debt.
Manlius and Furius have been telling anyone important enough to have a vote which counts in the Centuriate elections that you and your named colleague, Lucius Cassius, intend legislating a general cancellation of debt once you assume office as consuls?
Cicero had pronounced that awful phrase, a general cancellation of debt, the House now broke into audible murmuring.
And for every financially distressed senator, there were three who stood to lose far more from a general cancellation of debt than they stood to gain, men like Crassus, Lucullus, the absent Pompeius Magnus.
Nothing could be more appalling to a knight-businessman than the specter of a general cancellation of debt, even if he was in debt himself.
A general cancellation of debt is most appealing to little men and men without enough liquid assets to maintain a good cash flow.