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can·cel       [kan-suhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -celed, -cel·ing or (especially British) -celled, -cel·ling, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
2.to decide or announce that a planned event will not take place; call off: to cancel a meeting.
3.to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse.
4.to neutralize; counterbalance; compensate for: His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark.
5.Accounting.
a.to close (an account) by crediting or paying all outstanding charges: He plans to cancel his account at the department store.
b.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.
6.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.
7.to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item.
8.Printing. to omit.
–verb (used without object)
9.to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized (often fol. by out): The pros and cons cancel out.
10.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.
–noun
11.an act of canceling.
12.Printing, Bookbinding.
a.omission.
b.a replacement for an omitted part.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME cancellen < ML cancellāre to cross out, L: to make like a lattice, deriv. of cancellī grating, pl. 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

—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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can·cel       (kān'səl)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   can·celed also can·celled, can·cel·ing also can·cel·ling, can·cels also can·cels

v.   tr.
  1. To cross out with lines or other markings. See Synonyms at erase.
  2. To annul or invalidate.
  3. To mark or perforate (a postage stamp or check, for example) to indicate that it may not be used again.
  4. To equalize or make up for; offset: Today's decline in stock price canceled out yesterday's gain.
  5. Mathematics
    1. To remove (a common factor) from the numerator and denominator of a fractional expression.
    2. To remove (a common factor or term) from both sides of an equation or inequality.
  6. Printing To omit or delete.

v.   intr.
To neutralize one another; counterbalance: two opposing forces that canceled out.

n.  
  1. The act or an instance of canceling; a cancellation.
  2. Printing
    1. Deletion of typed or printed matter.
    2. The matter deleted.
    3. A replacement for deleted matter.


[Middle English cancellen, from Old French canceller, from Latin cancellāre, to cross out, from cancellus, lattice, diminutive of cancer, lattice.]

can'cel·a·ble adj., can'cel·er n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cancel 
1399, from Anglo-Fr. canceler, from L. cancellare "to make resemble a lattice," which in L.L. took on a sense "cross out something written," from cancelli pl. of cancellus "lattice, grating," dim. of cancer "crossed bars, lattice," a var. of carcer "prison."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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cancel

noun
1. a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat [syn: natural] 

verb
1. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" 
2. make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" 
3. declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" 
4. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" [syn: delete] 
5. make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: can·cel
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -celed or -celled; -cel·ing or -cel·ling
1 : to destroy the force, validity, or effectiveness of: as a : to render (one's will or a provision in one's will) ineffective by purposely making marks through or otherwise marring the text of —compare REVOKE
NOTE: The text of the will or of the will's provision need not be rendered illegible in order for a court to find that there was an intent to cancel it. b : to make (a negotiable instrument) unenforceable esp. by purposely marking through or otherwise marring the words or signature of
NOTE: As stated in section 3-604 of the Uniform Commercial Code, a party that is entitled to enforce a negotiable instrument may cancel the instrument, whether or not for consideration, and discharge the obligation of the other party to pay. c : to mark (a check) to indicate that payment has been made by the bank
NOTE: A check is no longer negotiable once it has been cancelled. d : to withdraw an agreement to honor (a letter of credit) cancels or otherwise repudiates a credit before presentment of a draft —Uniform Commercial Code>
2 : to put an end to (a contract): as a : to end (a contract) by discharging the other party from obligations as yet unperformed b : to end (a contract) in accordance with the provisions of U.C.C. section 2-106 or a similar statute because the other party has breached —compare RESCIND, TERMINATE
NOTE: Section 2-106 provides that a party that cancels a contract because of the other party's breach is entitled to seek remedies for breach of all or part of the contract. c : to put an end to (a lease contract) because of the default of the other party
NOTE: Under U.C.C. section 2A-505, a party that cancels because of the other party's default may seek remedies for the default of all or any unperformed part of the lease contract.
3 : to terminate (an insurance policy) before the end of policy period usually as allowed by policy provisions —can·cel·able or can·cel·la·ble adjective

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

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

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Cancel

Can"cel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Canceled or Cancelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Canceling or Cancelling.] [L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. Gr. ? latticed gate. Cf. Chancel.]

1. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.]

A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. --Evelyn.

2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] "Canceled from heaven." --Milton.

3. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.

A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; though the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. --Blackstone.

4. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.

The indentures were canceled. --Thackeray.

He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. --Sir W. Scott.

5. (Print.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.

Canceled figures (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics.

Syn: To blot out; obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge; annul; abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do away; set aside. See Abolish.

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Cancel

Can"cel\, n. [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

1. An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. [Obs.]

A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . . desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body. --Jer. Taylor.

2. (Print) (a) The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. (b) The part thus suppressed.

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