expiry
End; termination; expirationEnd; termination; expiration.
» Why do medicines have expiry dates?
Meaning
3 senses(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
(Australia, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable)Death.
(Australia, New Zealand, countable, uncountable)Synonym of expiration date.
Examples
4 sentencesWhy do medicines have expiry dates?
The expiry date is printed under the bottle cap.
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.
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“.
Translations
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Origin
From expire + -y.From expire + -y.
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Forms
plural: expiriesSynonyms
5 synonyms- the event of dying or departure from life:deathdecease
- a coming to an end of a contract period:terminationexpiration
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable