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Terminable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Possible to terminate: terminable activities; terminable employees.

adj. Terminating after a designated date: a terminable annuity.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Having an ending, finite.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Capable of being terminated or bounded; limitable.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Capable of being terminated; limitable; coming to an end after a certain term: as, a terminable annuity.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. capable of being terminated after a designated time

Word Usage

"And yet—curiously—I haven't heard any of the critics calling for draconian regulations on organics, much less for the dismantling of this still small, and thus readily terminable, component of the food industry."

Equivalent

impermanent temporary

Antonym

endless interminable

Cross Reference

finite

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

limitable lapsable labile determinable

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

determinable interminable

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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