expirynoun [ U ]
uk/ɪkˈspaɪə.ri/us/ɪkˈspaɪr.i/UK US expiration, us/ˌek.spəˈreɪ.ʃən/ukthe situation in which something which lasts for a fixed length of time comes to an end or stops being in use:
the expiry of a lease/visa
What is the expiry date of your credit card? (= What is the last date on which it can be used?)
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Ends and endings
- accomplishment
- break
- break up
- cessation
- coda
- completion
- culminate
- death
- demise
- denouement
- end
- ending
- endpoint
- fag
- finalize
- finish
- it'll (all) end in tears idiom
- last hurrah
- later
- termination
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