expiration date

plural expiration dates · alternative abbreviation exp. date

1. A date by which an object either should not be used or loses its value, depending upon the item.

   credit card expiration date

   4 more examples

   Well, in the mercy of God we are normally unaware of our personal expiration date.

   2013, Harold F. Green, Prison Stories: Harold F. Green, →ISBN, page 119

   You have an expiration date, and despite your wanting to claim control over life circumstances, you're not entitled to know when your expiration date will be.

   2014, Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, Percolate: Let Your Best Self Filter Through, →ISBN

   If my expiration date is set, then it doesn't matter if I smoke or eat a gallon of ice cream a day; however, the quality of my life between now and that point will be improved considerably by eating well and taking good care of myself.

   2016, Heidi Bright, Thriver Soup: A Feast for Living Consciously During the Cancer Journey, →ISBN

   It is modern medicine's best guess, a 50/50 shot, a coin flip of a lifespan. I would not want to know my expiration date or median survival.

   2017, Cory Walborn, Out of Control: Victory in Surrender, →ISBN

   Synonyms: expiry, expiry date, EXP