expiration
Origin of expiration
Related Words for expiration
termination, expiry, decease, death, end, dying, departure, going, cessation, close, passing, terminus, closing, conclusionExamples from the Web for expiration
Contemporary Examples of expiration
Such prescriptions have no expiration date, and were swallowed as easily in 1974 as in 1934 or 2014.
Zen, Motorcycles, And The Cult of Tech: How Robert Pirsig’s Classic Anticipated the FutureNathaniel Rich
August 31, 2014
But with the expiration of the law and the media focus on the House bill, awareness mounted and that uphill fight got easier.
And thanks for all the music that came with no expiration date.
Kerry himself recently identified an expiration date for the two-state solution within “a year to year-and-a-half to two years.”
When does a meme officially jump the shark and reach its expiration date?
Historical Examples of expiration
And, secondly, to marry Mr. Solmes, at the expiration of it.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
At the expiration of this period, he was released by order of Parliament.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
At the expiration of his apprenticeship, in 1832, he came to Ohio.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
At the expiration of the term we agree upon, let us discuss this subject again.
Barnaby RudgeCharles Dickens
And it was again a daughter, Madeleine, who came at the expiration of those two years.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
expiration
- the finish of something; ending; expiry
- the act, process, or sound of breathing out
- rare a last breath; death
Word Origin and History for expiration
early 15c., "vapor, breath," from Middle French expiration, from Latin expirationem/exspirationem (nominative expiratio/exspiratio), noun of action from past participle stem of expirare/exspirare (see expire). Meaning "termination, end, close" is from 1560s.
expiration
(ĕk′spə-rā′shən)- exhalation
expiration
- See exhalation.