expiration
US /ˌɛkspɚˈeɪʃən/
Definition
a coming to an end of a contract period
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Please check the expiration date on your passport before booking the flight.
Word Family
Synonyms
- expirya coming to an end of a contract period
- terminationa coming to an end of a contract period
Collocations
- Easy expiration date on fooddescribing expiration date on food (a coming to an end of a contract period)
- Medium prior to contract expirationdescribing prior to contract expiration (the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot)
- Hard patent expiration noticeto patent expiration notice, meaning to obtain a patent for
- Very Hard options expiration triggers market volatilitydescribing options expiration triggers market volatility (the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited)
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