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noun

expiry

ihk-SPEYE-uhr-ee
noun
1
The end of a period of validity; the point when something expires.
"Check the card's expiry before making a payment."

How to Use Expiry

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe date or point at which something stops being valid.

UK vs US

Common in British English ("expiry date"); American English tends to prefer "expiration."

Easily confused with
Common pairings
expiry date nearing expiry

Word Forms

expiries plural

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Etymology

From expire + the noun ending -y.

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