expiration
pronunciation
How to pronounce expiration in British English:
UK [ˌekspəˈreɪʃn]
How to pronounce expiration in American English:
US [ˌɛkspəˈreʃən]
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- Noun:
- a coming to an end of a contract period
- euphemistic expressions for death
- the act of expelling air from the lungs
Word Origin
- expiration (n.)
- early 15c., "vapor, breath," from Middle French expiration, from Latin expirationem/exspirationem (nominative expiratio/exspiratio) "a breathing out, exhalation," noun of action from past participle stem of expirare/exspirare "breathe out; breathe one's last" (see expire). Meaning "termination, end, close" is from 1560s.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Write out a gift certificate with an expiration date that coincides with your evening at a hotel .
- 2. Some analysts blamed the price plunge on trading around the expiration of the october wti option contracts on monday .
- 3. Most of the increases would result from the expiration of bush-era tax cuts , which would cause marginal rates to rise .
- 4. This is partly due to the planned expiration of the bush-era and other tax cuts and partly to spending cuts agreed to last year .
- 5. At this point we feel obliged to remind you factors other than seasonality and expiration of derivatives might influence the prices of precious metals .