competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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waiv·er
 (w   v  r)
KEY
NOUN:
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- Intentional relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege.
- The document that evidences such relinquishment.
- A dispensation, as from a rule or penalty.
- Permission for a professional athletic club to assign a player to the minor leagues or release a player from the club, granted only after all other clubs have been given the opportunity to claim the player and have not done so.
- A deferment.
IDIOMS:
clear waivers
- To be unclaimed by another professional club and therefore liable to be assigned to a minor-league club or released.
on waivers
- In a state of being available for claiming by other professional clubs.
ETYMOLOGY:
Anglo-Norman weyver, from weyver, to abandon ; see
waive
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