perpetuity
Meaning
- The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
- Something that is perpetual.
- A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law.
- An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.
Synonyms
thousand years
permanance
perpetual annuity
perpetude
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌpɜː(ɹ)pɪˈtjuːɪti/
Etymology
From Middle English perpetuitee, perpetuite, perpetuyte, from Old French perpetüité, ultimately from Latin perpetuitās.
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