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lapsed

Lapsed is the status of a subscription that has ended because it was not renewed when its current term expired.

In plain English

This means the subscription reached the end of its existing period and then stopped instead of continuing into a new one. Its status shows that renewal did not happen when that term ran out.

In context

Here, lapsed reports that the subscription has ended because no renewal took place when its current term expired.

Situation
Managing subscriptions, trials, renewals, proration, upgrades, and cancellations
What it communicates
reports that the subscription is no longer active

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say why the renewal did not happen beyond the fact that the term expired without renewal.

Examples

“When the yearly term ended without renewal, the office treated it as a lapsed subscription.”

Core meaning

“Please renew the lapsed subscription before closing the account file.”

In context

  • expired Broader Term

    A lapsed subscription has passed its term end; expired does not itself say whether renewal happened.