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Demise

dɪˈmʌɪz

Demise definitions
noun
demise
  1. a person's death

    "Mr Grisenthwaite's tragic demise"

    death dying passing passing away passing on loss of life expiry expiration end departure from life final exit
    • the end or failure of an enterprise or institution

      "the demise of industry"

  2. conveyance or transfer of property or a title by will or lease
verb
demise demised demises demising
  1. convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease

    "the manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms"

    transfer give the right/title of grant cede devolve lease
    • transmit (a sovereign's title) by death or abdication