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Dictionary: ter·mi·nate   (tûr'mə-nāt') pronunciation

v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.

v.tr.
  1. To bring to an end or halt: "His action terminated the most hopeful period of reform in Prussian history" (Gordon A. Craig).
  2. To occur at or form the end of; conclude or finish: a display of fireworks that terminated the festivities.
  3. To discontinue the employment of; dismiss: a company that terminated 300 workers.
v.intr.
  1. To come to an end: The oil pipeline terminates at a shipping port. Negotiations terminated yesterday. See synonyms at complete.
  2. To have as an end or result: "The Peloponnesian war ... terminated in the ruin of the Athenian commonwealth" (Alexander Hamilton).

[Latin termināre, termināt-, from terminus, end.]


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Real Estate Dictionary: Terminate
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End. A Lease, Loan or Option may be terminated by performance or by breach.
Example: After 10 years of occupancy and monthly rent payments, the 10-year lease was terminated by performance.
Example: Soon after borrowing $100,000 on a mortgage, the borrower defaulted. This caused acceleration of the loan balance and terminated the loan.

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verb

  1. To bring or come to a natural or proper end: close, complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish, wind up, wrap up. See start/end.
  2. To relinquish one's engagement in or occupation with: demit, leave1, quit, resign. See continue/stop/pause.
  3. To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship: break off, cease, discontinue, interrupt, suspend. See continue/stop/pause.
  4. To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release. Informal ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang boot1, bounce, can, sack1. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See keep/release.

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v

Definition: stop, finish
Antonyms: begin, initiate, open, start


Translations: Terminate
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afslutte, ende, begrænse, slutte
v. intr. - bringe til ophør, ophæve, opsige

Nederlands (Dutch)
(be)eindigen, niet verder gaan (van bus of trein), onderbreken (van zwangerschap), opzeggen

Français (French)
v. tr. - terminer, mettre fin à, finir, résilier, annuler, interrompre (une grossesse), arrêter (un traitement), (US) renvoyer (un employé), (US) liquider (argot des espions)
v. intr. - se terminer, prendre fin, terminer, s'arrêter

Deutsch (German)
v. - beenden, abbrechen, begrenzen, enden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - δίνω τέλος, τελειώνω, τερματίζω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
terminare, eliminare, uccidere, disdire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - terminar

Русский (Russian)
завершать, прекратить, положить коней чему-л.

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - concluir, finalizar, terminar, anular
v. intr. - finalizar, terminar, ser término, ser fin

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avsluta, avbryta, få att upphöra

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使停止, 使终止, 使结束, 结束, 满期, 终止

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使停止, 使終止, 使結束
v. intr. - 結束, 滿期, 終止

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 끝내다, 한정하다, 차단하다
v. intr. - 종결하다, 기한이 다하다, ~에서 끝나다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 終わらせる, 解雇する, 限る, 終わる, 終点になる, 終結させる
adj. - 有限の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينتهي او ينقضي, ينهي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סיים‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתיים‬


 
 
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