expiry

1. 1.

   a coming to an end of a contract period

   “the expiry of his driver's license”

   Synonymsterminationexpiration

   Broaderend
2. 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”

   Synonymsdeathdecease

   Broaderchange

   NarrowerCrucifixionfatalitymartyrdommegadeathpassingwrongful death

Other forms of expiry

plural

expiries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about expiry

What does expiry mean?

expiry means "a coming to an end of a contract period". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in expiry?

expiry has 3 syllables: ex-pi-ry. The stress falls on "pi". In IPA it is /ˌɛkˈspaɪɹi/.

What is another word for expiry?

Close synonyms include termination, expiration, death, decease. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is expiry a common word?

expiry is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.