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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|en|/ˌpɜː(ɹ)pɪˈtjuːɪti/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˌpɜː(ɹ)pɪˈtjuːɪti/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perpetuity.wav|Audio (Southern England)}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perpetuity.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|en|/ˌpɝpəˈtuːɪti/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˌpɝpəˈtuːɪti/|a=US}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The quality or state of being [[perpetual]]; [[endless]] [[duration]]; [[uninterrupted]] [[existence]].
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The quality or state of being [[perpetual]]; [[endless]] [[duration]]; [[uninterrupted]] [[existence]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1951|month=April|title=Notes and News: North Fife Line, Scotland|journal=Railway Magazine|issue=600|page=281|text=Mr. Waller adds that when the railway was authorised in 1897, one of the clauses of the Act authorising the transfer of the line to the North British Railway provided that that company should work it in '''perpetuity''', and it was this clause that caused the interim interdict to be granted.}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} Something that is perpetual.
# {{lb|en|countable}} Something that is perpetual.
# {{lb|en|countable|legal}} 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.
# {{lb|en|countable|legal}} 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.
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====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
* {{sense|quality or state of being perpetual}} {{l|en|endlessness}}, {{l|en|eternity}}; see also [[Thesaurus:endlessness]] or [[Thesaurus:eternity]]
* {{sense|quality or state of being perpetual}} {{l|en|endlessness}}, {{l|en|eternity}}; see also [[Thesaurus:endlessness]] or [[Thesaurus:eternity]]

====Derived terms====
* [[in perpetuity]]


====Translations====
====Translations====
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* Arabic: {{t|ar|خُلْد|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|خُلْد|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ве́чност|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ве́чност|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|perpetuïtat|f}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|永世|tr=yǒngshì}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|永世|tr=yǒngshì}}
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* Ido: {{t+|io|perpetueso}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|perpetueso}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|síoraíocht|f}}, {{t|ga|buaine|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|síoraíocht|f}}, {{t|ga|buaine|f}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|perennità|f}}, {{t|it|perpetuità|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|perennità|f}}, {{t|it|perpetuità|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|永世|tr=えいせい, eisei}}, {{t+|ja|恒久|tr=こうきゅう, kōkyū}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|永世|tr=えいせい, eisei}}, {{t+|ja|恒久|tr=こうきゅう, kōkyū}}
* Latin: {{t|la|sempiternitās|f}}, {{t|la|perpetuitās|f}}
* Latin: {{t|la|sempiternitās|f}}, {{t|la|perpetuitās|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|keabadian}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|keabadian}}
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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|пожизнена рента|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|пожизнена рента|f}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|perpetuita|f}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|perpetuita|f}}
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* Irish: {{t|ga|buanbhlianacht|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|buanbhlianacht|f}}
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===See also===
===See also===
* {{pedia}}
* {{pedia}}
{{projectlink|1911|Perpetuity}}
{{R:Britannica 1911|Perpetuity}}


===References===
===References===
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* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Webster 1913}}


[[Category:en:Time]]
{{C|en|Time}}

Latest revision as of 12:01, 27 September 2024

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English perpetuitee, perpetuite, perpetuyte, from Old French perpetüité, ultimately from Latin perpetuitās.

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Noun

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perpetuity (countable and uncountable, plural perpetuities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
    • 1951 April, “Notes and News: North Fife Line, Scotland”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281:
      Mr. Waller adds that when the railway was authorised in 1897, one of the clauses of the Act authorising the transfer of the line to the North British Railway provided that that company should work it in perpetuity, and it was this clause that caused the interim interdict to be granted.
  2. (countable) Something that is perpetual.
  3. (countable, law) 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.
  4. (countable, finance) An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.

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