expiry

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ex·pir·y /ɪkˈspaɪəri $ -ˈspaɪri/ noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE

1 FINISH/COME TO AN ENDthe end of a period of time during which an official document can legally be used, or the end of a period of authority 〔正式文件的〕到期；〔任期的〕届满 SYN American English expiration

expiry of

the formal expiry of the presidential term in September

总统任期9月正式届满

Only seven minutes remained before the expiry of the noon deadline.

离中午截止时间只剩7分钟了。

2 expiry date FINISH/COME TO AN ENDthe date after which something is not safe to eat or can no longer be used 到期日，失效日期 SYN American English expiration date

Check the expiry date on your passport.

看一下你的护照什么时候到期。

Eggs must be marked with an expiry date that is ten days from the date of packing.

鸡蛋应标明到期日，即自包装日起10天。

Examples from the Corpus

expiry date• The company is currently seeking agreement, and an extension of its credit agreement beyond the current June 30 expiry date.• The block exemptions are subject to review, since they have expiry dates written in, but no substantial change is imminent.• My Visa number is expiry date 09/94.• Profit diagrams can only be intelligibly drawn for strategies involving investments with the same expiry dates.• These forms are filed alphabetically, the expiry date carefully noted and systematically cleared out after the expiry date has elapsed.• Check the expiry date on the packet.• His defence, to start with, was the circular from the Tripoli Committee extending the expiry date on the milk.

→ sell-by date

Examples from the Corpus

expiry• No further steamings are planned for the locomotive after its return to York, due to the fast-approaching expiry of the boiler ticket.• My Visa number is expiry date 09/94.• The agreement allowed for rises of 9.5 percent between February 1990 and its date of expiry in September 1991.• All claims should be notified as soon as reasonable possible after the expiry of the insurance.• At the expiry of his term he became free of the Clothworkers' Company on 7 August 1771.• The Bundestag is elected for a fixed term and can only in special cases be dissolved before the expiry of its term.• Dissolution of the League did not entail the expiry of the supervisory function.• These transactions are converted at the contract rate upon expiry.

From Longman Business Dictionary

expiryex·pir·y /ɪkˈspaɪəri-ˈspaɪri/ noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE

when an official document, period of time, or right to buy shares, currency etc expiresSYN AmE expiration

The sellers’ right to repossess the goods did not arise until the expiry of the credit period.

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