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 for expiry
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
  Expiry \Ex"pi*ry\, n.
     Expiration.
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           He had to leave at the expiry of the term. --Lamb.
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           The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its
           legal term.                              --J. Morley.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
  expiry
      n 1: a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his
           driver's license" [syn: termination, expiration,
           expiry]
      2: the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as
         a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass
         to your grandchildren" [syn: death, decease, expiry]
         [ant: birth, nascence, nascency, nativity]

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