Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The substitution of a new contract for a previous contract, or the substitution of a new party for a previous party in a contract, so that the previous obligation is considered discharged or the previous obligor released.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The introduction of something new; innovation.
  • noun A revolution.
  • noun In law, the substitution of a new obligation for an old one, usually by the substitution of a new debtor or of a new creditor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Innovation.
  • noun (Law) A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation; debt restructuring.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun law Replacement of a contract with one or more new contracts, in particular in financial markets the replacement of a contract between a particular buyer and seller with contracts between the clearing house and each party.
  • noun law A new contract between the original contracting parties whereby the first obligation is extinguished and a new obligation is substituted.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Late Latin novātiō, novātiōn-, from Latin, a renewing, from novātus, past participle of novāre, to make new, from novus, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin novatio < novus ("new"). Compare novel, novelty.

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Examples

  • In other cases, the person said, they were asking Credit Suisse to take over derivatives trades where the funds had exposure to European banks, a process called novation.

    Hedge Funds Hit Resistance on European-Bank Trades Katy Burne 2011

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  • These so-called novation requests picked up sharply on Tuesday, March 11, as word spread among hedge-fund traders and brokers that Bear Stearns might not be able to pay what it owed to trading partners in swaps trades, according to the Bear Stearns trading records and hedge-fund managers.

    SEC Will Scour Bear Trading Data 2008

  • Deutsche Bank agreed to many of these so-called novation requests, but charged more than usual to do so.

    Fear, Rumors Touched Off 2008

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  • Yesterday's term was novation, which is defined as:

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  • Barclays declined to comment on its arrangement with AIG, which is known as a "novation" in the world of derivatives.

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  • Engage only with trepidation

    Those debts that proceed in rotation.

    The risk is substantial

    In matters financial

    That trap you in endless novation.

    December 26, 2016