Usually means: Cessation or termination of operations.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Discontinuance:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. discontinuance: Merriam-Webster
  2. discontinuance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. discontinuance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. discontinuance: Collins English Dictionary
  5. discontinuance: Vocabulary.com
  6. Discontinuance, discontinuance: Wordnik
  7. discontinuance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. discontinuance: Wiktionary
  9. discontinuance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. discontinuance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. discontinuance: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. discontinuance: Dictionary.com
  13. Discontinuance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. discontinuance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. discontinuance: Rhymezone
  16. Discontinuance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. discontinuance: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. discontinuance: FreeDictionary.org
  19. discontinuance: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. discontinuance: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. discontinuance: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. discontinuance: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. discontinuance: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (discontinuance)

▸ noun:  The occurrence of something being discontinued; a cessation; an incomplete ending.

Similar:
discontinuation, discontinuee, discontinuer, break-off, discontinuor, interruption, disconnect, cutoff, disusage, desistence, more...

Opposite:
continuance, persistence, perseverance

Types:
cancellation, termination, withdrawal, abandonment, discontinuation, cessation, halting, ending, disengagement, more...

Adjectives:
immediate, abrupt, such, temporary, sudden, complete, total, gradual, early, entire, permanent

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Similar:
discontinuation, discontinuee, discontinuer, break-off, discontinuor, interruption, disconnect, cutoff, disusage, desistence, more...

Opposite:
continuance, persistence, perseverance

Types:
cancellation, termination, withdrawal, abandonment, discontinuation, cessation, halting, ending, disengagement, more...

Adjectives:
immediate, abrupt, such, temporary, sudden, complete, total, gradual, early, entire, permanent



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