noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   End; termination; expiration. Australia, British, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the event of dying or departure from life wordnet
3. 3
   Death. Australia, British, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
4. 4
   a coming to an end of a contract period wordnet
5. 5
   Synonym of expiration date. Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

deathdeathdeceaseexpirationexpiration dateexpiry date

Example

More examples

"Why do medicines have expiry dates?"

Etymology

From expire + -y.

Related phrases

expiry datetime to expiry

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