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A coming to an end of a contract period
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expiry
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Word definitions for expiry in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the expiry date British English , expiration date American English (= a date on a product after which it cannot be used ) ▪ Check the expiry date on your credit card. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN date ▪ Check the ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"close, termination," 1752, from expire + -y (4). Meaning "dying, death" is from 1790.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expiry \Ex"pi*ry\, n. Expiration. He had to leave at the expiry of the term. --Lamb. The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its legal term. --J. Morley.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context British English) end, termination, expiration 2 (context British English) death
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license" [syn: termination , expiration ]
Usage examples of expiry.
She therefore bespoke a separate establishment, and, before the expiry of the first six months, the arrangements of the separation were amicably adjusted.
He comforted himself, that, at the expiry of his imprisonment, he could form with his wife and friend a society, encircled by which he might dispense with more extensive communication with the world.
There was no more speech except of a proud advance towards Jerusalem upon the expiry of the truce, and the measures to be taken in the meantime for supplying and recruiting the army.
Louis, Boston, Portland, and in fact from almost every important town and district of the States north of Washington, assembled at Detroit to consider the expiry of the treaty and the question of its renewal.
I knew him, by his step, the susurrous of the coat he wore, the faint intake and expiry of his breathing.
At the expiry of the two weeks Flynn was waiting for them in the bar-room as they came down to lunch.
House of the Golden Mercury, Change Alley, London, no later than fifteen days before the date of expiry, i.
Under normal circumstances she would have reached London and called at Tower Dock in more than enough time for the said bullion to have been minted into English coins before the date of expiry of the said Bills.
Unless the Skyhook arrived before the expiry of the deadline, at midnight the following night, then it would all have been wasted, all have been for nothing.
Lord Speaker, I move that the Senate instruct the Kings to take all measures necessary to ensure the safety of the state, effective as of this date and to run for one Spartan year before expiry or renewal.
But the job had been accomplished, and its countdown was proceeding smoothly, and an hour and a half still remained before the midnight expiry of the seven-day ultimatum.
In consequence of these commotions the senate wanted consuls to be elected rather than tribunes, but owing to the veto of the tribunes a formal resolution could not be carried, and on the expiry of the consuls' year of office an interregnum followed, and even this did not happen without a tremendous struggle, for the tribunes vetoed any meeting of the patricians.
On the expiry of Boulton and Watt's patent, Bramah introduced several valuable improvements in the details of the condensing engine, which had by that time become an established power,—.