EGAVE

perpetuity

About 0.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
  2. noun Something that is perpetual.
  3. noun 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. noun An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.

Similar words

permanency permanence forever permanent durability life imprisonment girl perpetua perpetuality

Often followed by

of to and in for is by the or

Word family

perpetuities

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