Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)The date on which a company (especially a startup) runs out of money or is expected to run out of money.

Origin

From fume + date, from the phrase run on fumes.

From fume + date, from the phrase run on fumes.

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Forms

plural: fume dates
Singularfume date
Pluralfume dates

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Word family

1 related words
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