Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

executory

/ɪɡˈzɛk.jʊ.tə.ɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ecu-to-ry
IPA: /ɪɡˈzɛk.jʊ.tə.ɹi/

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to administration or execution.

adj

Yet to be completed; not fully executed, performed or carried out; lacking in execution, unfulfilled; so, yet to take effect.

Example Sentences

"An executory interest is a future interest in a grantee which will not automatically become possessory and which follows a prior estate which will not terminate inevitably."

Etymology

From Middle English executory, from Latin execūtōrius. By surface analysis, execute + -ory.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: executory, execūtōrius

Derived Forms

nonexecutory

Phrases

executory interest fee simple subject to executory interest fee simple subject to executory limitation shifting executory interest springing executory interest

Questions

How do you pronounce executory?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪɡˈzɛk.jʊ.tə.ɹi/.
What does executory mean?: Of or pertaining to administration or execution.
Where does executory come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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