Waiver
noun
An official document that you sign that allows someone or something not to follow a rule or to not be responsible for something.
He signed a waiver, freeing the school from legal responsibility.
Often appears as...
- sign a waiver
- waiver of liability
noun
A decision by an official organization to ignore or not enforce a rule or law.
The Council has granted a waiver which allows the project to go ahead without planning permission.
Often appears as...
- grant a waiver
- planning waiver
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Legal
noun
An official document that you sign that allows someone or something not to follow a rule or to not be responsible for something.
He signed a waiver, freeing the school from legal responsibility.
Often appears as...
- sign a waiver
- waiver of liability
noun
A decision by an official organization to ignore or not enforce a rule or law.
The Council has granted a waiver which allows the project to go ahead without planning permission.
Often appears as...
- grant a waiver
- planning waiver
Usage tips
Legal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Voluntary Action
Signing a waiver is usually a voluntary action indicating agreement to the terms.
Before skydiving, I volunteered to sign a waiver.
Pro Tip 2/3Protects Providers
A waiver typically protects service providers from certain liabilities or claims.
The gym required all members to sign a waiver.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Binding
Some waivers may be challenged and not upheld in court if deemed unfair.
Despite the waiver, the court ruled in her favor.
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Talithia Williams: Own...
and I have been collecting the data to prove it. And so we ended up leaving the hospital that day without being induced. We actually had to sign a waiver to walk out of the hospital.
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If you want a glimpse of Marie Curie's manuscripts, you'll have to sign a waiver and put on protective gear to shield yourself from radiation contamination.
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This Teen Boxer Wants A...
officials and the officials with like USA Boxing and they've been helpful the antares I hit a director has asked like international for a waiver so I'm just
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Talithia Williams: Own...
and I have been collecting the data to prove it. And so we ended up leaving the hospital that day without being induced. We actually had to sign a waiver to walk out of the hospital.
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The genius of Marie...
If you want a glimpse of Marie Curie's manuscripts, you'll have to sign a waiver and put on protective gear to shield yourself from radiation contamination.
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This Teen Boxer Wants A...
officials and the officials with like USA Boxing and they've been helpful the antares I hit a director has asked like international for a waiver so I'm just
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Quote examples
Shannon Sharpe
American Athlete
Guys would always start by saying, 'You ain't going to get nothing today, Sharpe!' And I'd say, 'Know what? Don't be surprised if your name is on the waiver wire tomorrow. It could have been prevented. But you wanted to go there. So now when you see your name on the wire, you'll know who put it there.
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M. S. Swaminathan
Indian Scientist
Waiver of farm loans is not an ideal solution. To ensure that the situation is not repeated, the government should focus on creating a robust system to extend the necessary ingredients of farming such as water harvesting systems, seed and fertiliser supplements.
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M. S. Swaminathan
Indian Scientist
When politicians talk of loan waiver, they are accepting that agriculture is not economically viable. They are giving a wrong signal that farming is not economically viable. It's true. That's where the loan waiver comes in.
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Jeff Duncan
American Politician
I want to see Netanyahu speak to the Congress and speak to the American people about the real situation in Israel, and let me just say, I stand with Israel 100 percent, and I will never waiver on that.
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Michael McCaul
American Politician
We are ramping up security in the United States but also looking at visa applicants, visa waiver applicants - and looking at travel manifests on the airplanes trying to come into the United States.
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Shriya Pilgaonkar
Indian Actress
On stage I'm slightly nervous than when I'm in front of camera. Because when on the stage, the mind can't waiver but at the same time, the energy to be on the stage makes me feel alive.
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Uddhav Thackeray
Government should show the list of farmers, who have got benefitted from loan waiver. Farmers' loan of Rs 39 lakh crore was waived off. So, why is government hiding their names?
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Jenna Morasca
American Model
When you walk through the hospital, you waiver between feeling bad for everyone else and feeling bad for yourself. It's a war of the worlds - the healthy and the sick.
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Otto von Bismarck
German Leader
A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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Asa Hutchinson
American Lawyer
There's been intelligence that terrorists would look to programs such as the visa waiver program to exploit.
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Shannon Sharpe
American Athlete
Guys would always start by saying, 'You ain't going to get nothing today, Sharpe!' And I'd say, 'Know what? Don't be surprised if your name is on the waiver wire tomorrow. It could have been prevented. But you wanted to go there. So now when you see your name on the wire, you'll know who put it there.
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M. S. Swaminathan
Indian Scientist
Waiver of farm loans is not an ideal solution. To ensure that the situation is not repeated, the government should focus on creating a robust system to extend the necessary ingredients of farming such as water harvesting systems, seed and fertiliser supplements.
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M. S. Swaminathan
Indian Scientist
When politicians talk of loan waiver, they are accepting that agriculture is not economically viable. They are giving a wrong signal that farming is not economically viable. It's true. That's where the loan waiver comes in.
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Jeff Duncan
American Politician
I want to see Netanyahu speak to the Congress and speak to the American people about the real situation in Israel, and let me just say, I stand with Israel 100 percent, and I will never waiver on that.
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Michael McCaul
American Politician
We are ramping up security in the United States but also looking at visa applicants, visa waiver applicants - and looking at travel manifests on the airplanes trying to come into the United States.
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Shriya Pilgaonkar
Indian Actress
On stage I'm slightly nervous than when I'm in front of camera. Because when on the stage, the mind can't waiver but at the same time, the energy to be on the stage makes me feel alive.
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Uddhav Thackeray
Government should show the list of farmers, who have got benefitted from loan waiver. Farmers' loan of Rs 39 lakh crore was waived off. So, why is government hiding their names?
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Jenna Morasca
American Model
When you walk through the hospital, you waiver between feeling bad for everyone else and feeling bad for yourself. It's a war of the worlds - the healthy and the sick.
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Otto von Bismarck
German Leader
A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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Asa Hutchinson
American Lawyer
There's been intelligence that terrorists would look to programs such as the visa waiver program to exploit.
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