cancellation
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can·cel·la·tion
also can·ce·la·tion (kăn′sə-lā′shən)n.
1. The act or an instance of canceling.
2. A mark or a perforation indicating canceling.
3. Something canceled, especially a released accommodation or an unfilled appointment.
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cancellation
(ˌkænsɪˈleɪʃən) orcancelation
n
1. the fact or an instance of cancelling
2. something that has been cancelled, such as a theatre ticket, esp when it is available for another person to take: we have a cancellation in the stalls.
3. the marks or perforation made by cancelling
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can•cel•la•tion
or can•cel•a•tion
(ˌkæn səˈleɪ ʃən)n.
1. an act of canceling.
2. the marks or perforations made in canceling.
3. something canceled, as a reservation for a hotel room or an airplane ticket, allowing someone else to obtain the accommodation.
[1525–35; < Latin]
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| Noun | 1. | cancellation - the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement nullification, override - the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something write-off - the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset attainder, civil death - cancellation of civil rights recission, rescission - (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made; "recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent" |
| 2. | cancellation - the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void negation - the speech act of negating |
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cancellation
noun
1. abandonment, abandoning No reason has been given for the cancellation of the event.
2. annulment, abolition, repeal, elimination, quashing, revocation a march by groups calling for the cancellation of Third World debt
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cancellation
also cancelationnoun
1. The act of erasing or the condition of being erased:
2. An often formal act of putting an end to:
abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, defeasance, invalidation, negation, nullification, voidance.
Law: avoidance, extinguishment.
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Translations
إِلْغَاءإلغاء ، إبْطال
zrušenístornování
aflysning
peruutus
otkazivanje
キャンセル
취소
odpoved
avbokning
การยกเลิก
sự hủy bỏ
cancellation
[ˌkænsəˈleɪʃən]A. N
1. [of reservation, taxi] → anulación f, cancelación f; [of room] → anulación f de reserva; [of holiday, party, plans] → cancelación f; [of flight, train, performance] → suspensión f, cancelación f; [of order, contract] → anulación f
"cancellations will not be accepted after" (for travel, hotel) → no se admiten cancelaciones de reserva después del ...; (for theatre etc) → no se admite la devolución de localidades después del ...
"cancellations will not be accepted after" (for travel, hotel) → no se admiten cancelaciones de reserva después del ...; (for theatre etc) → no se admite la devolución de localidades después del ...
2. (Post) (= mark) → matasellos m inv; (= act) → inutilización f
B. CPD cancellation fee N → tarifa f por cancelación
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cancellation
[ˌkænsəˈleɪʃən] n [match, reservation, booking, order] → annulation f
[train] → suppression f
[document] → oblitération f
(= cancelled holiday) → réservation f annulée
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cancellation
n
(= calling off) → Absage f; (official) → Stornierung f; (of plans) → Aufgabe f; (of train, bus) → Streichung f, → Ausfall m; your appointment may be brought forward in the event of a cancellation → wir werden möglicherweise im Falle einer Absage auf Sie zurückkommen
(= annulment) → Rückgängigmachung f; (of command, invitation also) → Zurücknahme f; (of contract also) → Auflösung f; (of debt) → Streichung f; (of order for goods) → Stornierung f; (of magazine subscription) → Kündigung f; (of decree) → Aufhebung f
(= franking: of stamp, ticket, cheque) → Entwertung f
(Math) → Kürzung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
cancellation
[ˌkænsəˈleɪʃ/ən] n (see vt a, c) → cancellazione f, annullamento, disdetta, sospensione f, soppressione f; (XXX) → annullamento, semplificazione fCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cancel
(ˈkӕnsəl) – past tense past participle ˈcancelled , (American) ˈcanceled – verb1. to decide or announce that (something already arranged etc) will not be done etc. He cancelled his appointment.
2. to mark (stamps) with a postmark.
3. to stop payment of (a cheque, subscription etc).
ˌcancelˈlation nouncancel out
to undo the effect of. We don't want our profits to be cancelled out by extra expenses.
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cancellation
→ إِلْغَاء zrušení aflysning Absage ακύρωση cancelación peruutus annulation otkazivanje annullamento キャンセル 취소 annulering kansellering odwołanie cancelamento отмена avbokning การยกเลิก iptal sự hủy bỏ 取消Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cancellation
n. cancelación; anulación.
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