automatic renewal
Recurring charge authorization
Automatic renewal is a contractual arrangement where a subscription, membership, or agreement continues without requiring action from the subscriber.
Unless you actively cancel, the service renews—and charges your account—when the current term expires.
I forgot to cancel and got hit with an automatic renewal.
Companies often bury these clauses in fine print.
- contract clauseSpecific provision in agreement
- subscriptionPaid recurring access
- recurring chargeRepeated scheduled payment
- billing cycleRecurring invoicing timeframe
- credit cardBorrowed-funds payment tool
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- consumer rightsrefund, warranty, repair, returns, replacement
- contract termscontract terms, agreement, terms, conditions, condition
- contract endingstermination, termination notice, termination date, termination fee, termination letter
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