expiration

expiration
[ˌɛkspɪˈreɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the ending of the fixed period for which a contract is valid
    期满;截止;告终
    the expiration of the lease.
    租约的终止。
    ■the end of a period of time
    (一段时间的)结束;期满
    the expiration of three years.
    三年期满。
  2. (technical)exhalation of breath
    (技)呼气;吐气
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting a vapour or exhalation): from Latin exspiratio(n-), from the verb exspirare (see expire)
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