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Definition: Novation |
NovationNoun1. (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Novation \No*va"tion\, noun. [Latin expression novatio; novus new: compare to the French expression novation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Finance | (1) the substitution of a new debt or obligation for a previous one. (2) the substitution of a new creditor or debtor for an old creditor or debtor. (references) |
Insurance | An agreement to replace an existing policy with a new one or to replace one of the parties to an assurance policy with a different person, with the agreement of all concerned. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Choice | Noun: choice, option; discretion; (volition); preoption; alternative; dilemma, embarras de choix; adoption, cooptation; novation; decision; (judgment). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Novation |
| Non-English Usage: "Novation" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (novation). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Novation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Novation" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 35 | 58,339 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
novation | 182 | 25 novation remote review | 4 |
novation station v | 23 | novation remote | 3 |
marketplace novation | 18 | novation a station | 3 |
credit novation union | 15 | gpo novation | 3 |
25 novation remote | 11 | novation keyboard | 3 |
novation supernova | 8 | care health novation | 3 |
novation k station | 8 | contract novation | 3 |
legal novation | 6 | novation nova | 2 |
bass novation station | 6 | novation record | 2 |
marketplace novation.com | 5 | novation hospital | 2 |
ks4 novation | 5 | definition novation | 2 |
novation agreement | 5 | novation synth | 2 |
novation vha | 4 | llc novation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "novation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | novacion (novelty), zëvendësim i detyrimit me një të ri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إستبدال الإلزام. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | новост (innovation, modernism, modernity, newness, novelty, recency, the new), нововъведение (innovation), новация. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | novation (renewal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vernieuwing (renewal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | novaatio, velan uudistaminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | novation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erneuerung (changing, line restoration, regeneration, renewal, renovation, replacement, restoration, revival). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανανέωση σύμβασησ, αντικατάσταση ασφαλιστηρίου με νέο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nováció (executory accord). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | novazione (renewal), sostituzione (mutation, replacement, substitution, universal specialization), riforma contrattuale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovationnay novação (novel), nova (new). (various references) новация. (various references) zamena starog ugovora novim. (various references) novación, innovación (innovation, novelty). (various references) nymodighet (novelty), novation. (various references) yenileme (face lifting, instauration, reconditioning, regeneration, renewal, renovation, restoration). (various references) нововведення (innovation, newness, novelty), новація, новина (breeze, news, novel, novelty, tidings, wrinkle), передача прав за зобов'язанням. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "novation": novations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "novation": innovation, renovation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "novation": innovational, innovations, renovations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "novation" (pronounced 'No*va"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-n-o-o-t-v" | |
-1 letter: ovation. | |
-2 letters: anoint, nation, notion. | |
-3 letters: anion, avion, niton, onion. | |
-4 letters: anon, anti, into, iota, naoi, nona, noon, nota, nova, onto, tain, toon, vain, vina, vino, vita. | |
-5 letters: ain, ait, ani, ant, avo, inn, ion, nan, nit, noo, not, oat, oot, ova, tan, tao, tav, tin, ton, too, van, vat, via. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-n-o-o-t-v" | |
+1 letter: innovator, novations. | |
+2 letters: innovation, innovators, innovatory, invocation, renovation. | |
+3 letters: connotative, convocation, innovations, invocations, nonvolatile, renovations. | |
+4 letters: conservation, convectional, conventional, conversation, convocations, innovational, invigoration, invocational, involutional, noncombative, nonnormative, nonoperative, novelization, opinionative, overdominant. | |
+5 letters: antievolution, connotatively, conservations, contravention, conversations, convocational, invigorations, nonabsorptive, nonautomotive, nonvocational, novelizations, overattention, overinflation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 6F 76 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. --- ...- .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101111 01110110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N o v a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 006F 0076 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4881886786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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