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- Dictionarydemise/dɪˈmʌɪz/
noun
- 1. a person's death: "Mr Grisenthwaite's tragic demise" Similar Opposite
- 2. conveyance or transfer of property or a title by will or lease.
verb
- 1. convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease: "the manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms"
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DEMISE definition: 1. the death of a person: 2. the end of something that was previously considered to be powerful…. Learn more.
1. : to convey by will or lease. demise an estate. 2. : to transmit by succession or inheritance.
Demise is mostly used in medical or legal language, or when someone wants to sound either formal or euphemistic. The word entered English from French demettre which means "to dismiss," from the Latin word mittere , meaning "let go, send."
noun. death or decease. termination of existence or operation: the demise of the empire. Law. a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate. a conveyance or transfer of an estate. Government. transfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign. verb (used with object) , de·mised, de·mis·ing.
the immediate transfer of sovereignty to a successor upon the death, abdication, etc, of a ruler (esp in the phrase demise of the crown) verb. 5. to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession. 6. (transitive) property law. to transfer (an estate, etc) for a limited period; lease.
1. failure or termination: the demise of one's hopes. 2. a euphemistic or formal word for death. 3. (Law) property law. a. a transfer of an estate by lease.
DEMISE definition: 1. the end of something, usually because it has stopped being popular or successful: 2. someone's…. Learn more.
Definition of demise noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The conveyance of an interest in real property for a specified time period by will or lease; the death of a person or cessation of a corporate entity. To grant or transfer (an estate) by lease, esp. for a fixed period. To transfer (sovereignty) by death or abdication. To be transferred by will or descent.
Jun 2, 2024 · demise ( countable and uncountable, plural demises) ( law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. 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.
