terminable

English

Etymology

From Middle English terminable (“resolvable”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French terminable and their etymon Latin terminābilis.[1][2] By surface analysis, termine +‎ -able.

Adjective

terminable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be terminated.
    Is the contract rescindable? — Yes, it's terminable at any time.
    • 1951 April, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Falkland Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 287:
      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]
  2. Having an ending; finite.

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References

  1. ^ “terminable, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “termināble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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