ALL meanings of demise
de·mise
D d - singular noun demise The demise of something or someone is their end or death. 3
- noun demise failure or termination 3
- noun demise a transfer of an estate by lease 3
- noun demise the passing or transfer of an estate on the death of the owner 3
- noun demise the immediate transfer of sovereignty to a successor upon the death, abdication, etc, of a ruler (esp in the phrase demise of the crown) 3
- verb demise to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession 3
- verb demise to transfer (an estate, etc) for a limited period; lease 3
- verb demise to transfer (sovereignty, a title, etc) by or as if by the death, deposition, etc, of a ruler 3
- noun demise a transfer of an estate by lease, esp. for a fixed period 3
- noun demise the transfer of sovereignty by death or abdication 3
- noun demise a ceasing to exist; death 3
- verb transitive demise to grant or transfer (an estate) by lease, esp. for a fixed period 3
- verb transitive demise to transfer (sovereignty) by death or abdication 3
- noun demise death or decease. 1
- noun demise termination of existence or operation: the demise of the empire. 1
- noun demise Law. a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate. a conveyance or transfer of an estate. 1
- noun demise Government. transfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign. 1
- verb with object demise Law. to transfer (an estate or the like) for a limited time; lease. 1
- verb with object demise Government. to transfer (sovereignty), as by the death or abdication of the sovereign. 1
- verb without object demise Law. to pass by bequest, inheritance, or succession. 1
- noun demise A person's death. 1
- noun demise death of a person 1
- noun demise end of sth 1
- noun demise law: transfer of property 1
- transitive verb demise law: transfer property 1
- noun demise 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. 0
- noun demise end (less common, usually in a negative manner). 0
- verb demise (Transitive Verb) OBS (law) To give. 0
- verb demise (Transitive Verb) (law) To convey, as by will or lease. 0
- verb demise (Transitive Verb) (law) To transmit by inheritance. 0
- verb demise (Intransitive Verb) (law) To pass by inheritance. 0
- verb demise (Intransitive Verb) To die. 0
- noun demise (law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. 0