shan't

American  

[shant, shahnt] / ʃænt, ʃɑnt /

1. contraction of shall not.

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shan't British  

/ ʃɑːnt /

contraction

1. shall not

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Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

“Overall, though, the jobs data shan't prove a game-changer in terms of policy, with a 25bps hike at the end of the month remaining nailed-on, and plenty more data due before the following Fed meeting in September, at which we shall discover whether policymakers will fully deliver on the 50bps of additional tightening signaled in the recent dot plot. The rather apathetic market reaction to the data stems from this point, with traders knowing that the jobs report does little to move the macro needle too significantly.”

From Reuters

Asked if she would every come down from her high, she said: "I wonder if I will? I shan't know until it happens."

From BBC

"But unless they find an alternative that's going to work they're going to lose customers because I shan't be buying it from there. They need to listen to the feedback."

From BBC

As my colleague Ashley Fetters Maloy wrote in her excellent dissection of Paltrow’s sartorial choices: “She has simultaneously telegraphed two messages that very well could have been at odds: ‘Look, I’m just a mom who tried to take her teenagers on a nice ski vacation,’ and ‘Yes I am wealthy and famous, and I shan’t be wasting my time on this.’

From Washington Post

She has simultaneously telegraphed two messages that very well could have been at odds: “Look, I’m just a mom who tried to take her teenagers on a nice ski vacation,” and “Yes I am wealthy and famous, and I shan’t be wasting my time on this.”

From Washington Post