Perpetuity
[pɜːpɪ'tjuːɪtɪ] or [,pɝpə'tuəti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being perpetual; as, the perpetuity of laws.
(n.) Something that is perpetual.
(n.) Endless time.
(n.) The number of years in which the simple interest of any sum becomes equal to the principal.
(n.) The number of years' purchase to be given for an annuity to continue forever.
(n.) A perpetual annuity.
(n.) Duration without limitations as to time.
(n.) The quality or condition of an estate by which it becomes inalienable, either perpetually or for a very long period; also, the estate itself so modified or perpetuated.
Typed by Aldo
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Eternity, endless duration.
Edited by Blair
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Constancy, permanence, perennity, persistence, continuity, fixity
ANT:Impermanence, transience, evanescence, discontinuance, casualty, momentariness
Editor: Priscilla
Examples
- The reader will easily believe, that from what I had hear and seen, my keen appetite for perpetuity of life was much abated. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The earth is more than a mechanism, it is an organism that repairs and restores itself in perpetuity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We might, possibly, after a while threaten their peace, or, at least, the perpetuity of their institutions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sometimes it has made this assignment or mortgage for a short period of time only, a year, or a few years, for example; and sometimes for perpetuity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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