demises

Meaning of demises

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

Information about demises

  • The singular form of demises is: demise.
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Hyphenation of demises

demises

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • demises is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

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