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cancel

[kan-suhl]

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verb (used with object)

to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.

to decide or announce that a planned event will not take place; call off: to cancel a meeting.

to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse.

to neutralize; counterbalance; compensate for: His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark.

Accounting.

to close (an account) by crediting or paying all outstanding charges: He plans to cancel his account at the department store.

to eliminate or offset (a debit, credit, etc.) with an entry for an equal amount on the opposite side of a ledger, as when a payment is received on a debt.

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Mathematics. to eliminate by striking out a factor common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, equivalent terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc.

to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item.

Printing. to omit.

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verb (used without object)

to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized (often followed by out): The pros and cons cancel out.

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Mathematics. (of factors common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, certain terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc.) to be equivalent; to allow cancellation.

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noun

11.

an act of canceling.

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Printing, Bookbinding.

omission.

a replacement for an omitted part.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English cancellen < Medieval Latin cancellāre to cross out, Latin: to make like a lattice, derivative of cancellī grating, plural of cancellus; see cancellus

Related forms

can·cel·a·ble; especially British, can·cel·la·ble, adjective

can·cel·er; especially British, can·cel·ler, noun

re·can·cel, verb (used with object), -celed, -cel·ing or (especially British) -celled, -cel·ling.

self-can·celed, adjective

self-can·celled, adjective

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un·can·cel·a·ble, adjective

un·can·celed, adjective

un·can·cel·la·ble, adjective

un·can·celled, adjective

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Synonyms
1. countermand, rescind. 3, 7. Cancel, delete, erase, obliterate indicate that something is no longer to be considered usable or in force. To cancel is to cross something out by stamping a mark over it, drawing lines through it, or the like: to cancel a stamp, a word. To delete is to cross something out from written matter or from matter to be printed, often in accordance with a printer's or proofreader's symbol indicating the material is to be omitted: to delete part of a line. To erase is to remove by scraping or rubbing: to erase a capital letter. To obliterate is to blot out entirely, so as to remove all sign or trace of: to obliterate a record.

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For exasperated customers who have tried to cancel some service or other to no avail, an explanation may be at hand.

The two waves should thus, in theory, cancel each other out-leaving silence.

If the process continues, the two fields would eventually cancel each other out.

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For exasperated customers who have tried to cancel some service or other to no avail, an explanation may be at hand.

The two waves should thus, in theory, cancel each other out-leaving silence.

If the process continues, the two fields would eventually cancel each other out.

Do yourself a favor and subscribeand cancel all those catalogs stuffing up your mailbox in the meantime.

Given enough data, the outliers tend to cancel one another out.

Many say they'd cancel cards with a high new annual fee.

There is no way your family is going to cancel the trip-you have all been looking forward to it for a year.

The theory goes that, if the toll is high enough, some drivers will cancel their trips or opt for the bus or rails.

By purchasing the flight early, you give up the luxury of being able to change or cancel your trip.

However, you may cancel a current membership and order a foreign-language edition.

Gather enough estimates and the wild guesses cancel each other out, bringing you closer to the answer.

Oil subsidies more than cancel out the windfall the government should be receiving from the current high oil price.

Typically, interfering waves reinforce in some places and cancel in others.

Technological ingenuity may, however, be able to use these two problems to cancel each other out.

All those waves cancel one another out, leaving utter blackness.

Your best bet it to cancel your trips, blame the hurricane, and stay home.

The researchers could cancel out vision of one eye's image by presenting a specific high contrast image to the other eye.

How much simpler it would have been to cancel it and declare himself president for life.

In those positions the directional gravitational and centrifugal forces effectively cancel each other.

Tribal factors count but do not cancel out a general thirst for freedom as well as unity.

SWe"re trying to get the government to cancel ineffective care,? he said.

Telecoms companies are doing well as businessmen cancel meetings and tele-conference instead.

In response, the agency is moving to cancel the pesticide's registration.

Household employment is extremely volatile and big swings tend to cancel each other out over time.

When the right units of measurement are chosen for each component, they cancel out.

But consultants will feel the pinch next year, as clients cancel or delay projects.

However, today so much money is owed that a lot of incomming money is being used to cancel out past debts.

Cull through their bills and find other items to cancel.

It's panfully clear to me that they hire only the rudest personnel and will cancel flights for no apparent reason.

At that point, the university decided to cancel the deal.

When the instrument was properly nulled with additional magnets to cancel the earth's average magnetic.

When possible, let cards cancel each other out to save time.

The budget would cancel the program to replace the space shuttles in favor of developing new technology.

It is time for library directors to take a stand and cancel.

Because the light comes from all directions, the shadows cancel each other out.

Notify all other employers that you are no longer available for employment, and cancel any interviews you might have pending.

These sensors feed data to force generators which cancel out vibrations as they arise in the frame of the helicopter.

The fact that the asymmetries do not cancel out, according to the charge.

But after months of negotiations, the university announced last week it would cancel the deal.

My new life is surrounded by so many quotation marks that they cancel each other out.

Much of this mispricing of exports and imports should cancel out, but probably not all.

Exploder still runs but now informs surfers that it has not been registered and gives them the option to cancel the download.

He told them he doesn't plan to cancel any fund-raising events or efforts.

We reserve the right to cancel any order at any time by e-mailing you and refunding you in full.

Notice in this case that the time terms do not cancel.

The department also says that it must be vigilant in protecting taxpayer dollars against fraudulent applications to cancel loans.

Whether the lure of such alternatives or poverty is what is causing people to cancel their subscriptions is not clear.

Bad behavior on one person's part doesn't cancel out the bad behavior of someone else.

Doubt anybody will cancel it because my expenses aren't reimbursed.

In the end, the two cancel each other out, and your bill stays the same.

People cancel searches for all kinds of reasons, now not having a minority candidate is added to the mix.

She also recommends that after you pay off those cards you do not cancel them as this adversely affects your credit score.

Because the operation of each laser is independent of the others, their speckles cancel each other out.

Furthermore, negative electrical charges from the electrons of the solid host partly cancel the repulsion between the nuclei.

The study also suggested that narcissism and postconventional reasoning don't automatically cancel each other out.

The arrest may speed up rather than cancel planned attacks.

At the center of the earth, the inward and outward forces cancel and net gravity is zero.

Over time, transactions in opposite directions cancel each other out, so physical movement is minimised.

Minnesota had approved permits to build two coal plants but instead decided to cancel them and add more wind.

She will cancel an expensive series of television ads the government had bought to sell its case.

If they split their vote between extremists, they cancel themselves out.

But in the meantime it has had no option other than to cancel all flights forthwith, stranding some unlucky fliers.

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World English Dictionary

cancel (ˈkæns^əl)

—vb (usually foll by out) , (US) -cels, -celling, -celled, -cels, -celing, -celed
1.	to order (something already arranged, such as a meeting or event) to be postponed indefinitely; call off
2.	to revoke or annul: the order for the new television set was cancelled
3.	to delete (writing, numbers, etc); cross out: he cancelled his name and substituted hers
4.	to mark (a cheque, postage stamp, ticket, etc) with an official stamp or by a perforation to prevent further use
5.	to counterbalance; make up for (a deficiency, etc): his generosity cancelled out his past unkindness
6.	a. to close (an account) by discharging any outstanding debts
	b. (sometimes foll by out) accounting to eliminate (a debit or credit) by making an offsetting entry on the opposite side of the account
7.	maths
	a. to eliminate (numbers, quantities, or terms) as common factors from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction or as equal terms from opposite sides of an equation
	b. (intr) to be able to be eliminated in this way

—n
8.	a new leaf or section of a book replacing a defective one, one containing errors, or one that has been omitted
9.	a less common word for cancellation
10.	music a US word for natural

[C14: from Old French canceller, from Medieval Latin cancellāre, from Late Latin: to strike out, make like a lattice, from Latin cancellī lattice, grating]

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Word Origin & History

cancel

late 14c., "cross out with lines," from Anglo-Fr. canceler, from L. cancellare "to make resemble a lattice," which in L.L. took on a sense "cross out something written" by marking it with crossed lines, from cancelli, pl. of cancellus "lattice, grating," dim. of cancer "crossed bars, lattice," a var.

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of carcer "prison." Figurative use, "to nullify an obligation" is from mid-15c. Related: Canceled (also cancelled); cancelling.

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Cancel definition

character
(CAN, Control-X) ASCII character 24.
(1996-06-28)

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