Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make new; renovate; specifically, in law, to substitute a new obligation for an old one. See
novation , 3.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
replace something with somethingnew - verb law To replace a
debt or otherobligation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one
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Examples
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Customers, usually hedge funds, mostly use email to ask dealers for consent to "novate," a practice that is time-consuming and risky because dealers are obliged to read each email before making a decision.
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You should be allowed to re-novate your own house though .... the Manitoba government believes that if you are smart enough to build on a flood plain, you are smart enough to re-build on a flood plain.
Argh! Slimbolala 2006
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Upon the closing of the transaction the seller will novate its natural gas contracts to GeoMet.
unknown title 2011
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Upon closing of the transaction, QR Energy's sponsor will novate oil and natural gas derivative contracts to QR Energy.
unknown title 2011
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The fi rst is that while the technology is adap - tive-that is, carrying out particular functions that enhance survivor - ship-it is strongly mediated by the cognitive capacities of those homi - nins, who appear to have been limited at least in terms of their ability to in - novate and vary their productions.
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· Identify, agree and novate any 3rd party contracts as agreed during contract negotiations.
ZDNet UK Highlights 2009
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Or Obo will renew or novate a new contract to stymie this inconsistency.
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Our client has defined a contract role to review service design, update SVAs and novate contracts where necessary for the migrated IT infrastructure.
ZDNet UK Highlights 2009
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The accounting impact of [novating] the underlying contracts in that business as that has occurred throughout the year results in accounting either earnings or losses as we [novate] those and we have stripped those out of operating earnings for the year.
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The accounting impact of [novating] the underlying contracts in that business as that has occurred throughout the year results in accounting either earnings or losses as we [novate] those and we have stripped those out of operating earnings for the year.
unknown title 2009
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