Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable)End; termination; expiration.

    upon expiry

    approaching expiry

    Ablauf

    истече́ние/оконча́ние сро́ка де́йствияistečénije/okončánije sróka déjstvija, оконча́ниеokončánije, истече́ниеistečénije

    a coming to an end of a contract period

  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable)Death.

  3. (Australia, New Zealand, countable, uncountable)Synonym of expiration date.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Why do medicines have expiry dates?

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  2. The expiry date is printed under the bottle cap.

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  3. A quick sniff of the tofu proved it to be well past expiry.

    deEinmal kurz am Tofu zu riechen brachte den Beleg, dass der längst abgelaufen war.

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  4. What kind of soy sauce is this? The expiry date says 'August 99'.

    deWas ist denn das für eine Sojasauce? Als Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum steht hier „August 99“.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
end, termination:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
end, termination:

Origin

From expire + -y.

From expire + -y.

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Forms

plural: expiries
Singularexpiry
Pluralexpiries

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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