- to make void, as a contract or other obligation; annul: to cancel a hotel reservation;to cancel a magazine subscription.
- to decide or announce that a planned event will not take place; call off: to cancel a meeting.
- to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse.
- to neutralize; compensate for; counterbalance: His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark.
- to publicly reject, boycott, or no longer support (a person or group) because of socially or morally unacceptable views or actions: Fans have been quick to cancel their favorite rapper or other celebrity.
- Accounting.
- to close (an account) by crediting or paying all outstanding charges: He plans to cancel his account at the department store.
- 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.
- 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.
- to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item.
- to omit.
- to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized (often followed by out): The pros and cons cancel out.
- (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.
- an act of canceling.
- Printing, Bookbinding.
- an omitted passage, page, etc.
- a replacement for an omitted part.
- to order (something already arranged, such as a meeting or event) to be postponed indefinitely; call off
- to revoke or annul
- to delete (writing, numbers, etc); cross out
- to mark (a cheque, postage stamp, ticket, etc) with an official stamp or by a perforation to prevent further use
- to counterbalance; make up for (a deficiency, etc)
- to close (an account) by discharging any outstanding debts
- to eliminate (a debit or credit) by making an offsetting entry on the opposite side of the account
- maths
- to eliminate (numbers, quantities, or terms) as common factors from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction or as equal terms from opposite sides of an equation
- to be able to be eliminated in this way
- a new leaf or section of a book replacing a defective one, one containing errors, or one that has been omitted
- a less common word for cancellation
- music a US word for natural (def. 20)
