cancellation

Meanings

• Noun

  The act of cancelling or annulling something, such as an order, contract, or appointment.

  - "The company had to issue a cancellation for the order due to a manufacturing defect."
  - "The couple called off their wedding and issued a cancellation."
  - "The airline offered a full cancellation for the affected passengers."

• Noun

  The mark made to indicate that something has been cancelled.

  - "The clerk stamped a cancellation on the returned check."
  - "The customer tore off the cancellation from the ticket and kept it as a souvenir."
  - "The bank placed a cancellation on the account to prevent further transactions."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with cancellation
annulment , fulfillment , implementment

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Variants

List of all variants of cancellation that leads to same result
cancelation , cancelations , cancellation , cancellations

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'cancellare', meaning 'to mark with lines or cross out'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'cancellation' is often used in the context of insurance to refer to the process of voiding a policy.

2. In mathematics, a cancellation is a cancellation of common terms in an equation.

3. The word 'cancellation' comes from the Latin word 'cancellare', which means 'to mark with lines or cross out'.

4. In the game of chess, a castling move can be cancelled if the conditions for castling are no longer met before the move is made.

5. Cancellation stamps were once used on letters to indicate that they had been paid for and were ready to be delivered.

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Related Concepts

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1. Refund: A refund is a return of money or other consideration paid for a good or service that was unsatisfactory or not delivered.

2. Void: To void an action is to make it invalid or ineffective, often by cancelling it.

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Culture

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Cancellation has been used extensively in literature, particularly in the context of relationships. It can represent a fresh start or a final end, depending on the context.

How to Memorize "cancellation"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a line being drawn through text or an image to represent cancellation.
   - Imagine a stamp being pressed onto a document or a check to denote cancellation.

2. associate
   

   - Associate cancellation with the idea of a fresh start or a new beginning.
   - Link cancellation with the idea of negating or reversing an action.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'cancellation' as 'can' + 'cellation' = 'can' + 'stop' = 'cancel' + 'ation'.
   - Visualize the word as 'can' + 'cell' + 'ation' = 'cancel' + 'ation'.

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