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waived
[ weyvd ]
adjective
- set aside or dispensed with:
We offer many benefits to individuals with military experience, including waived fees, reduced tuition, and lifetime career services.
- Law. (of a known right, interest, etc.) intentionally relinquished:
Waived health plan coverage cannot be reinstated retroactively.
- Sports. (of a professional player) released on a waiver; released by a team and made available to join another team, which must assume the player’s existing contract:
Under their rules, if only one team claims a waived player, he can be traded immediately, but if more than one team puts in a claim, the player can't be traded for thirty days.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of waive.
Other Words From
- un·waived adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of waived1
Example Sentences
Before the pilot program began, county officials said the medical examiner had waived the fee on a case-by-case basis when families said they couldn’t pay.
Nick Read will also not receive a bonus, having waived his rights to it when he resigned in September after months of scrutiny for the organisation.
Outside a courthouse in Avignon, France, on Thursday, Ms Pelicot said she waived her right to anonymity "so society could see what was happening".
He sprinted the floor to try and get another highlight slam only to be waived off by Reaves, who patiently probed and found a cutting Davis for a bucket.
Will she fight any effort to reimplement a Trumpov-era program that gave employers a free pass if they confessed when accused of wage theft, in which case penalties and damage assessments were waived?
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