Expiration

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  • noun. The act of coming to a close; termination.
  • noun. The act of breathing out; exhalation.
  • noun. Death.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of breathing out; expulsion of air from the lungs in the process of respiration: opposed to inspiration.
  • noun. The last emission of breath; cessation; death.
  • noun. Close; end; conclusion; termination: as, the expiration of a month or year; the expiration of a contract or a lease.
  • noun. That which is produced by audible expiring or breathing out, as a sound.
  • noun. Emission of volatile matter from any substance; evaporation; exhalation: as, the expiration of oxygen by plants.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of expiring.
  • noun. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; ; -- opposed to inspiration.
  • noun. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
  • noun. The last emission of breath; death.
  • noun. A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
  • noun. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of expiring
  • noun. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.
  • noun. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
  • noun. The last emission of breath; death.
  • noun. A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
  • noun. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of expelling air from the lungs
  • noun. euphemistic expressions for death
  • noun. a coming to an end of a contract period
  • Word Usage
    "In order to set that up, the council agreed on the term expiration date for places one and two being March 15, 2011 and term expiration date for places three, four and five being March 15, 2013."
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