waivers
waivers — noun
- waiverssingular
- waiversesplural
1. official permissions or written forms saying that someone does not need to pay a
official permissions or written forms saying that someone does not need to pay a fee, follow a rule, or accept a usual responsibility
The college offered fee waivers to students from low-income families.
collocation: fee waivers
Campers must bring signed waivers before joining the climbing trip.
signed waivers
The clinic approved two waivers for patients without health insurance.
Parents handed in medical waivers at the school office on Monday.
- exemption
often used for a rule-based category that does not have to pay or comply
- dispensation
more formal and often used for special permission from an authority
- requirement
something that must still be paid, done, or obeyed
文法句型
waivers for + fee / rule / requirement
sign / grant / request + waivers
用法筆記
Often used for formal permission that removes a fee, rule, or responsibility. Common with school, medical, and legal paperwork, and often appears in plural when several permissions or forms are involved.
常見錯誤
2. the process in professional sports where a team takes a player off its list and
the process in professional sports where a team takes a player off its list and gives other teams a chance to claim that player
The club put two veteran pitchers on waivers after the trade deadline.
put a player on waivers
No team claimed the defender when he cleared waivers last week.
clear waivers
Seattle claimed a reserve catcher off waivers before Sunday's doubleheader.
The rookie was put on waivers after missing most of spring training.
- release
broader team move; it does not always include the claim window that waivers has
文法句型
put + player + on waivers
clear waivers
claim + player + off waivers
用法筆記
Used mainly in North American sports reporting. A player placed on waivers can be claimed by another team before the original club keeps, releases, or reassigns that player.