Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waivers

/wˈeɪvɚz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables: waivers
IPA: /wˈeɪvɚz/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of waiver

noun

the state of being on the waiver wire

Canadian usage; American usage

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of waiver

Example Sentences

"He cleared waivers at 1 p.m. ET, with no team willing to assume the approximately $3 million remaining on his contract even before his poor outing."
"If Alex Petrovic beats him out for the No. 7 job, Kolyachonok could end up on waivers."
"Ivey was set to enter restricted free agency this summer and now will be an unrestricted free agent if nobody claims him off waivers."

Usage

Canadian usage
American usage

Rhymes With

favors flavors favours savers shavers cavers avers quavers savors lavers lefevers

Questions

How do you pronounce waivers?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈeɪvɚz/.
What does waivers mean?: plural of waiver

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