The standard British, Australian, and New Zealand English word for the end, termination, or lapse of something — a contract, a deadline, a passport, a warranty. Where American English almost always says 'expiration,' Commonwealth English strongly prefers 'expiry.' It also functions as a formal or literary euphemism for death, as in 'following his expiry.' You'll see it constantly on food packaging, medication labels, and legal documents across the UK and its former territories.
Check the expiry date on the cream before you use it — I bought that months ago.
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(British, NZ, AU) End; termination; expiration.
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(British, NZ, AU) Death.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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