terminable en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English terminable (“resolvable”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French terminable and their etymon Latin terminābilis. By surface analysis, termine + -able.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Able to be terminated.
This agreement was scheduled to the N.B.R. Act of 1908, and was terminable by either side at the expiration of ten years from the opening of the line. [the line was never built]
1951 April, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Falkland Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 287:Is the contract rescindable? — Yes, it's terminable at any time.
- (not-comparable) Having an ending; finite.
Antonyms
Deriveds
terminableness · conterminable
Relateds
Translations (5)
bg срочен (Translations) · ro terminabil (Translations) · pt terminável (Translations) · gv yn-chreaghney (Translations) · es terminable (Translations)