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}]
Expiry \Ex"pi*ry\, n. Expiration. [1913 Webster] He had to leave at the expiry of the term. --Lamb. [1913 Webster] The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its legal term. --J. Morley. [1913 Webster]