post-obit

American  

[pohst-oh-bit, -ob-it] / poʊstˈoʊ bɪt, -ˈɒb ɪt /

adjective

1. effective after a particular person's death.

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post-obit British  

/ pəʊstˈəʊbɪt, -ˈɒbɪt /

noun

1. Also called: post-obit bond. a bond given by a borrower, payable after the death of a specified person, esp one given to a moneylender by an expectant heir promising to repay when his interest falls into possession

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adjective

1. taking effect after death

Etymology

Origin of post-obit

First recorded in 1745–55, post-obit is from Latin post obitum “after death”

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Example Sentences

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post-obit

Here, wealthy misers to inter,   We've shrouds of neat post-obit paper; While, for their heirs, we've _quick_silver,   That, fast as they can wish, will caper.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti

‘I should have imputed these debts to mere heedless extravagance, like other people’s—like my own, if you please—save for your own words, and for finding you capable of such treachery as borrowing on a post-obit.’

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge

Here misers may their bones inter In shrouds of neat post-obit paper; While, for their beirs, we've quicksilver, That, fast as heart can wish, will caper.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 528, January 7, 1832 by Various

I propose that you execute in my favor a post-obit on your uncle's life, giving me—well, we may have to wait a long time.

From Running Water by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

What a thing that post-obit had turned out!

From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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