waiver

waiver — noun

1. a written document or formal agreement by which someone gives up a known legal r

1.名詞B2
釋義

a written document or formal agreement by which someone gives up a known legal right, claim, or requirement — for example, agreeing not to sue a business for injuries or accepting a reduced fee instead of a full payment you are owed

例句

Before the surgery, Roya signed a waiver releasing the hospital from any responsibility for complications.

sign + waiver + releasing [party] from [liability]

The university granted Jenna a tuition waiver because of her excellent academic record.

grant + tuition waiver

同義詞
  • exemption

    more general; can be a status rather than a signed document ('tax exemption')

  • release

    focuses on freeing someone from a legal obligation, often through a signed form

  • dispensation

    formal, often used in religious or bureaucratic contexts; implies special permission to break a rule

反義詞
  • enforcement

    the act of making someone follow a rule or obligation rather than excusing them from it

文法句型

a waiver of [right/claim]

sign / grant / obtain a waiver

用法筆記

Subject is usually a person or organisation that holds a right or imposes a requirement; the waiver releases the other party from that obligation. Often appears in the patterns 'sign a waiver' (the typical action by the person accepting the terms) and 'waiver of [right]' (the formal legal phrase describing what is given up).

常見錯誤

❌I waived the document yesterday.
✅I signed a waiver yesterday.
💡'waive' is the verb (to give up a right); 'waiver' is the noun (the document or formal agreement).
❌She asked for a waive of the fee.
✅She asked for a waiver of the fee.
💡After a preposition or article, use the noun 'waiver,' not the verb 'waive.'

2. a procedure in professional team sports by which a club removes a contracted pla

2.名詞C1
釋義

a procedure in professional team sports by which a club removes a contracted player from its active roster and offers other clubs the chance to sign that player first, before the player is released or sent to a lower-level team

例句

The baseball team put the veteran pitcher on waivers, allowing other clubs to sign him.

put [player] on waivers

Diego cleared waivers and became a free agent, free to negotiate with any team.

clear waivers

同義詞
  • release

    broader term for letting a player go; does not imply the multi-team claiming procedure

  • assignment

    the formal process of moving a player's contract to another team or league level

文法句型

place / put [player] on waivers

clear waivers

claim [player] off waivers

用法筆記

Almost always appears in the plural form 'waivers' in North American sports contexts. Common collocations are 'place/put [a player] on waivers,' 'clear waivers' (no team claims the player), and 'claim [a player] off waivers' (another team takes the player). Distinct from sense 1 in that it describes a transfer procedure rather than a signed document.

常見錯誤

❌The player signed a sports waiver.
✅The player was placed on waivers.
💡In sports, 'waivers' is a procedural status, not a document that the player signs.
❌He waived the outfielder' (when meaning the team used the waiver process).
✅The team placed the outfielder on waivers.
💡'Waive' alone means to give up a right; the sports procedure uses 'place on waivers.'