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Demise

/dɪˈmaɪz/

The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.

📖 Definitions of "Demise"

noun
  1. 1

    The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.

  2. 2

    Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.

  3. 3

    Death.

  4. 4

    The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.

    "The lack of funding ultimately led to the project's demise."

verb
  1. 1

    To give.

  2. 2

    To convey, as by will or lease.

  3. 3

    To transmit by inheritance.

  4. 4

    To pass by inheritance.

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