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expiration

[ek-spuh-rey-shuhn] / ˌɛk spəˈreɪ ʃən /


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This entails selling a put and buying a call that has a higher strike price but a similar expiration date.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

If they can’t agree, the league has been mapping out contingencies that include fast-tracking officials from the collegiate level before the expiration of the current agreement on May 31.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Grocery Outlet, founded in 1946 in San Francisco, is known for selling discounted overstock items, such as holiday foods and drinks nearing expiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

For nearly a decade, financial planners operated under an artificial clock: the scheduled expiration of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

A deep, softly sonorous cooing sound at the end of each expiration, audible to bystanders.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly