duration

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An amount of time or a particular time interval.
2. (countable, singular, uncountable) The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
3. (countable, uncountable) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.

Synonyms

length

period

continuance

time

⌚

span

lifetime

endurance

term

length of time

continuation

spell

standing

limit

delay

durability

quantity

average weighted maturity

cycle

period of time

running time

slowing down

space

space of time

width

long time

time interval

weight

time of life

of time

time of duration

Macaulay duration

addition

endurance period

age

amount

breadth

continuing

continuity

delaying

extension

extent

fix

for

last

lasting

life

life cycle

longitude

moment

number

🔢

Translations

durée

duración

durata

duração

Dauer

διάρκεια

süre

duur

💰

duració

أمد

durada

مُدّة

continuidade

Pronounced as (IPA)

/djʊˈɹeɪʃn̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: duracioun

In summary

From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.