postnup

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English

Etymology

Clipping of postnuptial.

Noun

postnup (plural postnups)

  1. A postnuptial agreement.
    • 1997 February 23, Bruce Felton, “Fastening Your Seat Belt For a Bumpy Marriage”, in The New York Times:
      While prenups, in one form or another, have been written since ancient times, postnups came on the scene in the early 1980's.
    • 2008 February 20, Deborah L. Jacobs, “Making the Breakup Much Easier”, 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.

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