| 单词 | expire |
| 释义 | expire expire // verb [no obj]
1 (about a document, an agreement, a right to buy or sell shares, etc.) to be no longer valid because the period of time for which it could be used has ended: Our lease on the property expires next month. The offer to buy the company expired without a deal being finalized. The August crude oil contract expires today (= today is the last day you can buy or sell contracts to have oil delivered in August). Their patent on the drug does not expire until 2009. SYN RUN OUT
2 (about a period of time, especially one during which sb holds a position of authority) to end: The chairman's three-year term is due to expire in March. |
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