expiration date

American  

noun

1. the last date that a product, as food, should be used before it is considered spoiled or ineffective, usually specified on the label or package.

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Example Sentences

Unlike traditional futures, they don’t have an expiration date, and short investors periodically pay long investors, or vice versa, depending on whether the futures price trades above or below the spot price.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Additional conditions allow for shares to keep trickling out into the market ahead of the six-month expiration date.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

It also approved an additional share buyback of $80 billion, which has no expiration date.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

You used it once — maybe twice — and now it’s sitting there, a little accusatory, inching toward its expiration date.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

What if Haazim Farooqi’s brain boosters had an expiration date?

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein