transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwāv ]
transitive verb
( waived ; waiv·ing )
Etymology: Middle English weiven to decline, reject, give up, from Anglo-French waiver, gaiver, from waif lost, stray — more at waif
Date: 14th century
1. archaic : give up , forsake
2. : to throw away (stolen goods)
3. archaic : to shunt aside (as a danger or duty) : evade
4.
a. : to relinquish voluntarily (as a legal right)
waive a jury trial
b. : to refrain from pressing or enforcing (as a claim or rule) : forgo
waive the fee
5. : to put off from immediate consideration : postpone
6.
[influenced by wave (I)]
: to dismiss with or as if with a wave of the hand
waived the problem aside
7. : to place (a ball player) on waivers ; also : to release after placing on waivers
Synonyms: see relinquish