(~s, ~ling, ~led)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
Note: in AM, use '~ing', '~ed'
1.
If you ~ something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you ~ an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
The Russian foreign minister yesterday ~led his visit to Washington...
Many trains have been ~led and a limited service is operating on other lines...
There is normally no refund should a client choose to ~.
VERB: V n, V n, V
~lation (~lations)
Outbursts of violence forced the ~lation of Haiti’s first free elections in 1987.
...passengers who suffer delays and ~lations on planes, trains, ferries and buses.
N-VAR: oft N of n
2.
If someone in authority ~s a document, an insurance policy, or a debt, they officially declare that it is no longer valid or no longer legally exists.
He intends to try to leave the country, in spite of a government order ~ling his passport...
She learned her insurance had been ~ed by Pacific Mutual Insurance Company...
VERB: V n, V n
~lation
...a march by groups calling for ~lation of Third World debt.
N-UNCOUNT: with supp
3.
To ~ a stamp or a cheque means to mark it to show that it has already been used and cannot be used again.
The new device can also ~ the check after the transaction is complete.
...~led stamps.
VERB: V n, V-ed