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expiration

[ ek-spuh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a coming to an end; termination; close:

    the expiration of a contract.

  2. the act of expiring, or breathing out; emission of air from the lungs.
  3. Archaic. death.


expiration

/ ˌɛɪˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the finish of something; ending; expiry
  2. the act, process, or sound of breathing out
  3. rare.
    a last breath; death
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDze·辱·tDz noun
  • e·辱·tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of expiration1

1375–1425; late Middle English expiracioun < Latin īپō- (stem of īپō ), equivalent to ī ( us ) (past participle of ex ( s ) ī to expire ) + -ō- -ion
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Joel arrived on TV with an expiration date, as anyone versed in the mythology of “The Last of Us” already knew.

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And when Min’s visa nears its expiration, he proposes a solution that he thinks will work for everyone.

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Maybe it’s inevitable that "Black Mirror," once upon a time a show of unnerving political and social prescience, would become not simply passé but past expiration.

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“The expiration of the provision only means that the student loan payments will be taxable to the employee,” Kantrowitz said.

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But now Measure A will replace it entirely, two years before the expiration date, and raise the tax rate to a half cent, which the county estimates will generate over $1 billion annually.

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