expire
to come to an end; terminate, as a contract, guarantee, or offer.
to emit the last breath; die.
to breathe out.
to die out, as a fire.
to breathe out; emit (air) from the lungs.
Archaic. to give off, emit, or eject.
Origin of expire
1Other words from expire
- ex·pir·er, noun
- ex·pir·ing·ly, adverb
- non·ex·pir·ing, adjective
- un·ex·pired, adjective
- un·ex·pir·ing, adjective
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How to use expire in a sentence
Taboola didn’t renew the financing agreement with its banks after it expired in August, according to people familiar with the matter.
Why the Taboola-Outbrain deal fell apart and what it means for publishers | Lara O'Reilly | September 9, 2020 | DigidayIndia’s pharmaceutical industry is best known for producing generic drugs, which are identical to brand-name drugs but less expensive because they’re made after the patent on the branded version has expired.
More than manufacturing: India’s homegrown COVID vaccines could transform its pharma industry | Naomi Xu Elegant | September 6, 2020 | FortuneIt felt as if they were nowhere near knowing any dates for the next movie, and if so, they already knew that the contract would expire and release them of any obligations to make another game with Ubisoft.
‘The Dream Architects’: Inside the making of gaming’s biggest franchises | Rachel King | September 1, 2020 | FortuneAfter months of warning about looming job losses once their pandemic bailout expires, the country’s largest airlines are getting closer to making the cuts.
American Airlines announces plan to cut 19,000 jobs—unless Congress extends pandemic aid | Maria Aspan | August 25, 2020 | FortunePBNs are very simply blogs or old websites with domains that have expired, but still, have a lot of value due to gaining thousands of historical backlinks.
What are PBNs and should you use them? | Tudor Lodge Consultants | May 21, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
The legislation strengthens and updates a previous version of the bill that expired in 2011.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive | Ben Jacobs | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo it was ironic a couple of months later when the Tea Partiers were railing against it—it had already expired.
To GOP Congress, as Usual, It’s Welfare on the Chopping Block | Monica Potts | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you think this election is about something else, your right to ask expired in Japan on Tuesday at midnight.
When her contract expired in November 2012, she took her show on the road.
That conservatorship expired, however, this month and, almost immediately a source tells TMZ, “Things started going haywire.”
The Amanda Bynes Train Wreck Is Back Again, Following a New DUI Arrest | Kevin Fallon | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe came, looking just as usual, wearing a dark-green silk gown; for the twelve-month had expired, and their mourning was over.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodConversation had expired on Scattergood's arrival, and the group on the porch converted itself into an audience.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandYet the Theatre seems not to have been used for plays after the original lease expired.
Shakespearean Playhouses | Joseph Quincy AdamsAnd the words expired on her lips, for the unhappy woman again sank into unconsciousness.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence | Eugne SueThe year expired in the midst of the most frightful social condition to which any European people had ever been reduced.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
British Dictionary definitions for expire
/ (ɪkˈspaɪə) /
(intr) to finish or run out; cease; come to an end
to breathe out (air); exhale
(intr) to die
Origin of expire
1Derived forms of expire
- expirer, noun
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