duration

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The joints may have been covered with protecting plates of metal by which their duration was assured.

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  1. noun Continuance or persistence in time.
  2. noun A period of existence or persistence: sat quietly through the duration of the speech.
  3. noun The number of years required to receive the present value of future payments, both of interest and principle, of a bond, often used as an indicator of a bond's price volatility resulting from changes in interest rates.

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  • I shall offer this house as a hospital for the duration, and move into a flat in Birleton. —  The Clock Strikes Twelve-Patricia Wentworth-Miss Silver 07
  • She was stuck here for the duration, and the Allimir's problems seemed somehow more immediate now than they had before she'd seen the slaughtered stallion. —  The Warslayer
  • She left her body in a safe place for the duration, and her soul went to reside in one of the few places where puns were welcome in any concentration. —  Swell Foop
  • They are going to gamble Connolly stays healthy for the duration, a wager they lost badly before. —  The Buffalo News: Home
  • The credit rating, collateral value, loan size and the duration are the key factors which affect the personal loan rate. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. Middle English duracioun, from Old French duration, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō, dūrātiōn-, from Latin dūrātus, past participle of dūrāre, to last; see deuə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English duracion. Cf. Provencal duracio = Spanish duracion = Portuguese duração = Italian durazione, from Middle Latin duratio(n-), continuance, perseverance, from Latin durare, last: see dure, v.
 

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