cancellation
/ˌkansəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
/(US also cancelation)
noun [mass noun]
1The action of cancelling something: the project was threatened with cancellation by the government [count noun]: the show is sold out, but check for cancellations...
- Prizes described above are subject to alteration and cancellation at short notice.
- However, this did not stop the bank from imposing a $100 cancellation fee.
- Getting out of those contracts now means having to pay cancellation fees.
1.1 [count noun] A crossing out of something written: all cancellations on documents must be made indelibly
1.2 [count noun] A mark made on a postage stamp to show that it has been used: covers showing stamps and special cancellations...
- It's then sent through our inkjets and given a cancellation mark over the stamps.
- At first the Post Office applied a red cancellation mark to the new Penny Black stamps on envelopes, but it readily washed off.
- Likewise, abstract designs derived from dry reeds, postage cancellations, typography, wire fences, waves and seagulls fill the spiral form of Snail Maze.
1.3 Law The annulling of a legal document: the debtor can procure cancellation if satisfied within one month...
- There is no written documentation of Troge's cancellation of the contract.
- What resulted in the cancellation of the contracts was the inability/failure of Latreefers to pay the keel laying instalments when they fell due and the Yard's cancellation of the contracts thereafter.
- In Mr Godfrey's opinion Clause 8 does not deal with cancellation but more appropriately deals with disclosures and waivers of rights.