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waiver

/ˈweɪvə/

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The voluntary giving up of a right or claim.

By signing the waiver she released the gym from liability.

Similar: relinquishment, renunciation

Origin: Anglo-French weyver 'to abandon'.

Topic: Contracts in Legal English

Business noun

A voluntary giving up of a right or claim under a contract.

We'll grant a one-time waiver on the deadline, but it doesn't set a precedent.

Topic: Negotiation in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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