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postnup

postnup noun: a postnuptial agreement.

Noun

postnup (plural postnups)

  1. A postnuptial agreement.
    • While prenups, in one form or another, have been written since ancient times, postnups came on the scene in the early 1980's.1997 February 23, Bruce Felton, “Fastening Your Seat Belt For a Bumpy Marriage”, in The New York Times
    • Such tangles and many others can be avoided with a buy-sell agreement — basically a business prenup or a postnup, depending on when owners draw it up.2008 February 20, Deborah L. Jacobs, “Making the Breakup Much Easier”, in The New York Times

Forms of postnup

pluralpostnups

Origin of postnup

Clipping of postnuptial.

Questions about postnup

What does postnup mean?
Postnup means a postnuptial agreement.
What part of speech is postnup?
Postnup is a noun.
What is the plural of postnup?
The plural of postnup is postnups.

Words near postnup in the dictionary

  1. postnuchal
  2. postnuclear
  3. postnucleation
  4. postnucleoplasty
  5. postnucleotomy
  6. postnup
  7. postnups
  8. postnuptial
  9. postnuptial agreement
  10. postnuptial agreements
  11. postnuptially

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