expiry

English

Etymology

From expire +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspaɪ.əɹ.i/, /ɛkˈspaɪ.əɹ.i/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪəɹi

Noun

expiry (countable and uncountable, plural expiries)

1. (UK, New Zealand, Australia) End; termination; expiration.

   upon expiry

   approaching expiry

   The contract becomes void upon expiry.

2. (UK, New Zealand, Australia) Death.
3. (New Zealand, Australia) Synonym of expiration date.

Derived terms

• expiry date
• nonexpiry
• time to expiry

Related terms

• expiration
• expire

Translations

end, termination

• Catalan: expiració f
• Danish: udløb n
• Finnish: erääntymisaika
• French: expiration (fr) f
• German: Ablauf (de) m
• Italian: scadenza (it) f, termine (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utløp (no) n

  Nynorsk: utlaup n, utløp n

• Russian: истече́ние/оконча́ние сро́ка де́йствия n (istečénije/okončánije sróka déjstvija), оконча́ние (ru) n (okončánije), истече́ние (ru) n (istečénije)

death — see death