Meanings
- not comparableAble to be terminated.
Is the contract rescindable? — Yes, it's terminable at any time.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being terminated after a designated time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinterminābilis
- Anglo-Norman and Middle Frenchterminable
- Middle Englishterminable“resolvable”
- Englishterminable
From Middle English terminable (“resolvable”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French terminable and their etymon Latin terminābilis. By surface analysis, termine + -able.
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Bulgarian срочен
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Portuguese terminável
- terminávelTranslations
Romanian terminabil
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Spanish terminable
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Cite this entry
terminable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminable
“terminable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terminable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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