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for expiryFrom 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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