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terminable
[ tur-muh-nuh-buhl ]
terminable
/ ˈtɜːmnəbəl; ˈtɜːmɪnəbəl /
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
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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.
The contracts providing for purchase and shipment of coal by the coal sales companies are terminable at the will of the railroad.
A writer in another paper cited America as an example of terminable marriage in full working order.
The widow enjoyed an annuity of two hundred and forty pounds, terminable with her life; the children had nothing of their own.
He was a slave, except that his master was not trusted with the lash, and his claim for service terminable.
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