perpetuity

English

Etymology

Old French perpetuité, ultimately from Latin perpetuitās.

Noun

perpetuity (countable and uncountable, plural perpetuities)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
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.

Translations

the quality or state of being perpetual

• Arabic: خُلْد m (ḵuld)
• Bulgarian: ве́чност (bg) f (véčnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 永世 (zh) (yǒngshì)

• French: perpétuité (fr) f
• Georgian: მარადისობა (maradisoba)
• Ido: perpetueso (io)
• Irish: síoraíocht f, buaine f
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• Italian: perennità f, perpetuità f
• Japanese: 永世 (えいせい, eisei), 恒久 (ja) (こうきゅう, kōkyū)
• Latin: sempiternitās f, perpetuitās f
• Malay: keabadian (ms)
• Persian: ابد (fa) (abad)
• Phoenician: 𐤃𐤓 (dr)
• Portuguese: perpetuidade f
• Spanish: perpetuidad (es) f

an annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely

• Czech: perpetuita f
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• Irish: buanbhlianacht f

See also

• perpetuity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “perpetuity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “perpetuity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.