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terminable
[ tur-muh-nuh-buhl ]
terminable
/ ˈtɜːmɪnəbəl; ˈtɜːmnəbəl /
adjective
- able to be terminated
- terminating after a specific period or event
a terminable annuity
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Derived Forms
- ˈterminably, adverb
- ˌterminaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- termi·na·bili·ty termi·na·ble·ness noun
- termi·na·bly adverb
- nonter·mi·na·bili·ty noun
- non·termi·na·ble adjective
- non·termi·na·ble·ness noun
- non·termi·na·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of terminable1
1375–1425; late Middle English, equivalent to termin ( en ) to end (< Latin termināre ) + -able
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Example Sentences
It's the farm on the terminable lease, at present held by Hugh Corrigan; he asks for a renewal.
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The contracts providing for purchase and shipment of coal by the coal sales companies are terminable at the will of the railroad.
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A writer in another paper cited America as an example of terminable marriage in full working order.
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The widow enjoyed an annuity of two hundred and forty pounds, terminable with her life; the children had nothing of their own.
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He was a slave, except that his master was not trusted with the lash, and his claim for service terminable.
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