waiver (redirected from on waivers)

waiv·er  (wvr)

n.

1.

a. Intentional relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege.

b. The document that evidences such relinquishment.

2. A dispensation, as from a rule or penalty.

3. Permission for a professional athletic club to assign a player to the minor leagues or release a player from the club, granted only after all other clubs have been given the opportunity to claim the player and have not done so.

4. A deferment.

Idioms:

clear waivers

To be unclaimed by another professional club and therefore liable to be assigned to a minor-league club or released.

on waivers

In a state of being available for claiming by other professional clubs.

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[Anglo-Norman weyver, from weyver, to abandon; see waive.]

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waiver [ˈweɪvə]

n

1. (Law) the voluntary relinquishment, expressly or by implication, of some claim or right

2. (Law) the act or an instance of relinquishing a claim or right

3. (Law) a formal statement in writing of such relinquishment

[from Old Northern French weyver to relinquish, waive]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

waiver - a formal written statement of relinquishment discharge, release relinquishing, relinquishment - the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. granting immunity, exemption, immunity - an act exempting someone; "he was granted immunity from prosecution"

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waiver

noun renunciation, surrender, remission, abdication, giving up, resignation, denial, setting aside, abandonment, disclaimer, disavowal, relinquishment, eschewal, abjuration He had to sign a waiver of his constitutional rights.

Translations

waiver [ˈweɪvəʳ] N

1. (= renouncement) [of right, claim, fee] → renuncia f

2. (= exoneration) (from payment) → exoneración f

3. (= suspension) [of regulation, condition, restriction] → exención f

4. (= disclaimer) [of responsibility] → descargo m

waiver [ˈweɪvə^r] n → dispense f

waiver

n (Jur) → Verzicht m (→ of auf +acc); (= document) → Verzichterklärung f; (of law, contract, clause) → Außerkraftsetzung f

waiver [ˈweɪvəʳ] n → rinuncia