[
US
/ˈweɪvɝ/
]
[ UK /wˈeɪvɐ/ ]
[ UK /wˈeɪvɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
How To Use waiver In A Sentence
- Prosecutors say a zoophilic British tourist broke that law when he wrote on a visa waiver application that he had never been convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude and wasn't entering the U.S. to engage in criminal or immoral activities. Bestiality Tourist Stephen Clarke Charged With Lying On Visa After Sex With Dogs
- After a long briefing, extra liability waivers had to be signed.
- As financial secretary in 2007, he handed out income tax rebates and property-rate waivers, earning him the nickname of "tong tong," a term for sweets, from the local press. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
- I will also be given an excess luggage waiver. Times, Sunday Times
- At the rental desk you may face pressure to buy excess waiver insurance, which can more than double the price. Times, Sunday Times
- It has nothing to do with that fact that he signs a legal document, a donor waiver agreement - that's just a piece of paper.
- Silence or mere lack of objection does not constitute a lawful waiver.
- The Penguins also added some missing toughness, claiming right wing Craig Adams off waivers from the Chicago Blackhawks. Penguins land Guerin, Adams in deadline deals
- Earlier this year PBS distributed to its affiliates only the expurgated version of A Company of Soldiers, a Frontline documentary about American forces in Iraq, because of concerns that obscenities shouted by military personnel during an ambush might bring censure from the FCC; it released the unbleeped version only to those local stations willing to sign waivers absolving PBS of liability for any fines. Fatwa City
- Many schools now receive waivers to the rule. Houston Chronicle