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The correct spelling is demises.
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noun
Say it like: Dem-ise-s
The correct spelling is demises. The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. For example: "The lack of funding ultimately led to the project's demise."
Usage Examples
“The lack of funding ultimately led to the project's demise.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
- 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.Death.
- 4.The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
verb
- 1.To give.
- 2.To convey, as by will or lease.
- 3.To transmit by inheritance.
- 4.To pass by inheritance.
- 5.To die.
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