Expiry vs. Expiration

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  • Expiry (noun)

    End; termination; expiration.

  • Expiry (noun)

    Death.

  • Expiry (noun)

    synonym of expiration date

  • Expiration (noun)

    The act of expiring.

  • Expiration (noun)

    The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth

    “respiration consists of inspiration and expiration”

  • Expiration (noun)

    Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.

  • Expiration (noun)

    The last emission of breath; death.

  • Expiration (noun)

    A cessation, extinction, ending

  • Expiration (noun)

    That which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

Wiktionary
  • Expiry (noun)

    the end of the period for which something is valid

    “the expiry of the patent”

    “an expiry date”

  • Expiry (noun)

    the end of a fixed period of time

    “the expiry of the six-month period”

  • Expiry (noun)

    death.

  • Expiration (noun)

    the ending of the fixed period for which a contract is valid

    “the expiration of the lease”

  • Expiration (noun)

    the end of a period of time

    “the expiration of three years”

  • Expiration (noun)

    the exhalation of breath from the lungs

    “at the end of expiration there is still a slight inflation in the lungs”

Oxford Dictionary

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