Waiver Definition
wāvər
waivers
noun
waivers
The act or an instance of waiving, or relinquishing voluntarily, a right, claim, privilege, etc.
Webster's New World
A formal written statement of such relinquishment.
Webster's New World
A dispensation, as from a rule or penalty.
American Heritage
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.
American Heritage
A deferment.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
To provide with a waiver or issue a waiver for.
American Heritage
Common misspelling of waver.
Wiktionary
See waive.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
idiom
clear waivers
- To be unclaimed by another professional club and therefore liable to be assigned to a minor-league club or released.
American Heritage
on waivers
- In a state of being available for claiming by other professional clubs.
American Heritage
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Waiver
- clear waivers
- on waivers
Origin of Waiver
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Anglo-Norman weyver from weyver to abandon waive
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver Date: 1628
From Wiktionary
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