to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim. to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son. to reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine. to reject with denial: to repudiate a charge as untrue. to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc.
A census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA) is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more must live in the core based on adjusted data from the previous Census of Population Program.
census. n, pl-suses. 1. (Human Geography) an official periodic count of a population including such information as sex, age, occupation, etc. 2. any offical count: a traffic census. 3. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) a registration of the population and a property evaluation for purposes of taxation.