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cancel
To void an order to buy or sell from (1) the floor, or (2) the trader/salesperson's scope. In Autex, the indication still remains on record as having once been placed unless it is expunged. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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cancel can‧cel [ˈkænsl] verb cancelled PTandPPX cancelling PRESPARTX canceled PTandPPX canceling PRESPARTX [transitive]
1. to arrange that a planned activity or event will not now happen:

• Airport security has been increased but there is no intention of cancelling flights.

• Because of the takeover moves the meeting was cancelled.

• Some airlines have been forced to cancel orders.

2. LAW to end an agreement or arrangement that exists in law:

• You can suspend or even cancel your contract for the period you are away.

3. LAW to draw lines across a document so that it no longer has any legal effect
cancel something → out phrasal verb [transitive]
if one thing cancels out another, it has an equal but opposite effect, so that the effects of the first thing are not felt:

• The losses in our overseas division have cancelled out this year's profits.

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cancel UK US /ˈkænsəl/ verb [I or T] (-ll-, US usually -l-)
► to decide that something that has been arranged will not happen: cancel a flight/meeting/trip »

When a flight is cancelled, an airline is obliged to provide alternative transport or a refund.

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""I canceled at the last minute,'' he said.

► LAW to officially end a legal agreement or responsibility: cancel a contract/debt/obligation »

Leaders pledged to cancel the debt of the world’s most indebted countries.

► LAW, BANKING to mark a cheque or other document to show that it has been used and cannot be used again: »

Consumers who need a canceled check to prove that they made a payment can ask for a copy.

► COMMERCE to stop an order for goods or services that you no longer want or need: »

Protesters are urging the government to cancel the order for the new weapons system.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • cancel — (Del fr. ant. cancel). 1. m. Contrapuerta, generalmente de tres hojas, una de frente y dos laterales, ajustadas estas a las jambas de una puerta de entrada y cerrado todo por un techo para evitar las corrientes de aire y amortiguar los ruidos… …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • Cancel — Can cel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canceled} or {Cancelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canceling} or {Cancelling}.] [L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cancel — Can cel, n. [See {Cancel}, v. i., and cf. {Chancel}.] [1913 Webster] 1. An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . . desires no… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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