demise, übersetzung im Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

demise
n

1 failure or termination
the demise of one's hopes

2 a euphemistic or formal word for → death

3 (Property law)

a a transfer of an estate by lease

b the passing or transfer of an estate on the death of the owner

4 the immediate transfer of sovereignty to a successor upon the death, abdication, etc., of a ruler (esp. in the phrase demise of the crown)
vb

5 to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession

6 tr (Property law) to transfer (an estate, etc.) for a limited period; lease

7 tr to transfer (sovereignty, a title, etc.) by or as if by the death, deposition, etc., of a ruler
(C16: from Old French, feminine of demis dismissed, from demettre to send away, from Latin dimittere; see dismiss)
♦ demisable adj