ALL meanings of cancel out
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C c - phrasal verb cancel out If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced. 3
- transitivephrasal verb cancel out counteract, make ineffective 1
- transitivephrasal verb cancel out charge: make void 1
- verb with object cancel out to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation. 1
- verb with object cancel out to decide or announce that a planned event will not take place; call off: to cancel a meeting. 1
- verb with object cancel out to mark or perforate (a postage stamp, admission ticket, etc.) so as to render invalid for reuse. 1
- verb with object cancel out to neutralize; counterbalance; compensate for: His sincere apology canceled his sarcastic remark. 1
- verb with object cancel out Accounting. to close (an account) by crediting or paying all outstanding charges: He plans to cancel his account at the department store. to eliminate or offset (a debit, credit, etc.) with an entry for an equal amount on the opposite side of a ledger, as when a payment is received on a debt. 1
- verb with object cancel out Mathematics. to eliminate by striking out a factor common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, equivalent terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc. 1
- verb with object cancel out to cross out (words, letters, etc.) by drawing a line over the item. 1
- verb with object cancel out Printing. to omit. 1
- verb without object cancel out to counterbalance or compensate for one another; become neutralized (often followed by out): The pros and cons cancel out. 1
- verb without object cancel out Mathematics. (of factors common to both the denominator and numerator of a fraction, certain terms on opposite sides of an equation, etc.) to be equivalent; to allow cancellation. 1
- noun cancel out an act of canceling. 1
- noun cancel out Printing, Bookbinding. omission. a replacement for an omitted part. 1
- verb cancel out (Transitive Verb) VI To neutralize the effect of something. 0