Dictionary - Definition of CANCELING


Part of Speech	Definition
Present participle	1. Present participle conjugation of the verb cancel.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base (cancel)	1. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "cancel the dinner party".[Wordnet]. 2. Make up for.[Wordnet]. 3. Declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results".[Wordnet]. 4. Remove or make invisible.[Wordnet]. 5. Make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets".[Wordnet]. 6. Of cheques or tickets.[Wordnet]. 7. Make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength".[Wordnet]. 8. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.[Websters]. 9. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.[Websters]. 10. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.[Websters]. 11. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.[Websters]. 12. To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.[Websters]. 13. Base verb from the following inflections: cancelling, canceling, cancelled, canceled, cancels, canceller, canceler, cancellers, cancelers, cancellingly, cancelingly, cancelledly and canceledly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
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"Canceling" is a common misspelling or typo for: cancelling, chanceling.

Date "Canceling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1815. (references)

Specialty Definition: CANCELING

Domain	Definition
Post & Telecom	Operation which consists in covering the stamp with a post office mark indicating the date and often the time; for mail with customers' franking, either meter mail or pre-paid mail, this operation consists of checking that all items are correctly marked. Source: European Union. (references)
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Canceling and cutting control clerk	Occupations	Verifies amount and denominations of worn or mutilated currency for canceling and cutting in unit of Federal Reserve Bank: Counts amounts and denominations of worn or mutilated currency, using automatic counting machine. Verifies entries on delivery and debit tickets. Records amounts, denominations, and types (notes, certificates, old series) of currency processed and shipped for destruction. Totals figures daily in ledger to prove transactions, using adding machine or calculator. Oversees canceling and cutting operations to ensure custody of currency during operations. Notifies U. S. Treasury Department of daily disposition of specified categories of currency. Compiles and prepares statistical reports. (references)
Canceling order	Finance	An order that deletes a customer's previous order. Source: European Union. (references)
Canceling release mechanical system	Electrical Engineering	A mechanical system of a push button switch such that a predetermined number of previously operated basic cells have their mechanical systems restored to normal when a separate cancellation button or an electromechanical release system is operated. Source: European Union. (references)
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Part of Speech	Definition
Present participle	1. Present participle conjugation of the verb cancel.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base (cancel)	1. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "cancel the dinner party".[Wordnet]. 2. Make up for.[Wordnet]. 3. Declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results".[Wordnet]. 4. Remove or make invisible.[Wordnet]. 5. Make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets".[Wordnet]. 6. Of cheques or tickets.[Wordnet]. 7. Make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength".[Wordnet]. 8. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.[Websters]. 9. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.[Websters]. 10. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.[Websters]. 11. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.[Websters]. 12. To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.[Websters]. 13. Base verb from the following inflections: cancelling, canceling, cancelled, canceled, cancels, canceller, canceler, cancellers, cancelers, cancellingly, cancelingly, cancelledly and canceledly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
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Date "CANCELING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1815. (references)

Domain	Definition
Post & Telecom	Operation which consists in covering the stamp with a post office mark indicating the date and often the time; for mail with customers' franking, either meter mail or pre-paid mail, this operation consists of checking that all items are correctly marked. Source: European Union. (references)
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Expressions	Definition
Cancel out	Wipe out the effect of something; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Fancy cancel	A fancy cancel is a postal cancellation that includes an artistic design. Although the term may be used of modern machine cancellations that include artwork, it primarily refers to the designs carved in cork and used in 19th century post offices of the United States. (references)
Pen cancel	In philately, a pen cancel is a cancellation done with pen or marker. In the early, pre-ballpoint pen days of adhesive stamps it took longer to apply a pen cancel than a handstamp, which led to the development of handstamped cancellation devices. According to Linns.com, "A pen cancel may also indicate that a stamp was used as a fiscal". (references)
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Expressions	Domain	Definition
Canceling and cutting control clerk	Occupations	Verifies amount and denominations of worn or mutilated currency for canceling and cutting in unit of Federal Reserve Bank: Counts amounts and denominations of worn or mutilated currency, using automatic counting machine. Verifies entries on delivery and debit tickets. Records amounts, denominations, and types (notes, certificates, old series) of currency processed and shipped for destruction. Totals figures daily in ledger to prove transactions, using adding machine or calculator. Oversees canceling and cutting operations to ensure custody of currency during operations. Notifies U. S. Treasury Department of daily disposition of specified categories of currency. Compiles and prepares statistical reports. (references)
Canceling order	Finance	An order that deletes a customer's previous order. Source: European Union. (references)
Canceling release mechanical system	Electrical Engineering	A mechanical system of a push button switch such that a predetermined number of previously operated basic cells have their mechanical systems restored to normal when a separate cancellation button or an electromechanical release system is operated. Source: European Union. (references)
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