Canceled or cancelled?
with one L or two L's?
2 answers
two
Isn't it nice to know you can't be wrong! There is the British way with two ll's.
Main Entry: [1]can·cel
Pronunciation: 'kan(t)-s&l
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -celed or -celled; -cel·ing or can·cel·ling /-s(&-)li[ng]/
Etymology: Middle English cancellen, from Middle French canceller, from Late Latin cancellare, from Latin, to make like a lattice, from cancelli (plural), diminutive of cancer lattice, probably alteration of carcer prison
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 a : to destroy the force, effectiveness, or validity of : ANNUL <cancel a magazine subscription> <a canceled check> b : to bring to nothingness : DESTROY c : to match in force or effect : OFFSET — often used with out <his irritability canceled out his natural kindness —Osbert Sitwell> d : to call off usually without expectation of conducting or performing at a later time <cancel a football game>
2 a : to mark or strike out for deletion b : OMIT, DELETE
3 a : to remove (a common divisor) from numerator and denominator b : to remove (equivalents) on opposite sides of an equation or account
4 : to deface (a postage or revenue stamp) especially with a set of ink lines so as to invalidate for reuse
intransitive senses
: to neutralize each other's strength or effect : COUNTERBALANCE
- can·cel·able or can.cel.la.ble adjective
- can·cel·er or can.cel.ler noun
Main Entry: [1]can·cel
Pronunciation: 'kan(t)-s&l
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -celed or -celled; -cel·ing or can·cel·ling /-s(&-)li[ng]/
Etymology: Middle English cancellen, from Middle French canceller, from Late Latin cancellare, from Latin, to make like a lattice, from cancelli (plural), diminutive of cancer lattice, probably alteration of carcer prison
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 a : to destroy the force, effectiveness, or validity of : ANNUL <cancel a magazine subscription> <a canceled check> b : to bring to nothingness : DESTROY c : to match in force or effect : OFFSET — often used with out <his irritability canceled out his natural kindness —Osbert Sitwell> d : to call off usually without expectation of conducting or performing at a later time <cancel a football game>
2 a : to mark or strike out for deletion b : OMIT, DELETE
3 a : to remove (a common divisor) from numerator and denominator b : to remove (equivalents) on opposite sides of an equation or account
4 : to deface (a postage or revenue stamp) especially with a set of ink lines so as to invalidate for reuse
intransitive senses
: to neutralize each other's strength or effect : COUNTERBALANCE
- can·cel·able or can.cel.la.ble adjective
- can·cel·er or can.cel.ler noun