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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

  1. (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.
  2. (not-comparable) Having an ending; finite.

Antonyms

interminable

Deriveds

terminableness · conterminable

Relateds

terminate

Translations (5)

bg срочен (Translations) · ro terminabil (Translations) · pt terminável (Translations) · gv yn-chreaghney (Translations) · es terminable (Translations)