expire verb [ I ] (END)
C2 If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use:
More examples
- The lease on the property expires in two years' time.
- The government's term of office expires at the end of the year.
- Cohen, whose contract expires next week, is likely to move to play for a European club.
- Did you realize that the tax on your car has expired?
- When my annual membership expires, I shan't bother to renew it.
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