In Perpetuity

  

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In Perpetuity

Definitions: In Perpetuity

In Perpetuity

Adverb

1. For life; "desire happiness in perpetuity"; "an annuity paid in perpetuity".

2. For an indefinitely long time; "bequeathed to the nation in perpetuity".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: In Perpetuity

DomainDefinitions

Archeological

Literally means continuing forever. Used in reference to the curation of material remains and documents by a repository for the entire length of an item's life. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: In Perpetuity

Specialty definitions using "in perpetuity": country parkIn Perpetuam. (references)

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Commercial Usage: In Perpetuity

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ah well, a romance in perpetuity and, And to you also (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: In Perpetuity

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Children

Chad

Sexual relations, even with consent, before the age of 13 years are considered to be rape and the prescribed sentence is for hard labor in perpetuity; the age of consent is 14. Rape of children and child abuse were problems. (references)

Economic History

Estonia

The terms of the treaty stated that Soviet Russia renounced in perpetuity all rights to the territory of Estonia. (references)

Malaysia

As described in Appendix D, a new foreign-invested project is allotted a certain number of "key posts," determined by the size of the investment, that may be occupied by foreigners in perpetuity. (references)

Trade

Jamaica

FTZ incentives include a 100 percent tax holiday in perpetuity, no import licensing requirements, and exemption from customs duties on capital goods, raw materials, construction materials, and office equipment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: In Perpetuity

Language Translations for "in perpetuity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

за вечни времена. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

altijddurende concessie (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hautapaikka rajoittamattomaksi ajaksi (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant). (various references)

   

French

  

concession perpétuelle (grant in perpetuity), concession perpétuité (grant in perpetuity). (various references)

   

German

  

Überlassung auf Friedhofsdauer (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εις το διηνεκές. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

örökké (ad infinitum, always, eternally, ever, ever after, evermore, for ever, forever, jay, to be always meddling). (various references)

   

Italian

  

concessione perpetua (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant), concessione in perpetuo (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant), concessione costituita in perpetuo (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

末代 (forever). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

まつ い (forever). (various references)

   

Manx

  

son dy bragh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay erpetuitypay

   

Portuguese

  

concessão perpétua (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

навсегда (evermore, for ever, for keeps, for perpetuity, forever, once and for all, once for all, permanently, to perpetuity), навечно (for perpetuity, forever, to perpetuity). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

para siempre (farewell, for aye, for ever, for goods and all, forever). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

upplåtelse av gravrätt för alltid (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ebediyen (ad infinitum, eternally, everlasting, evermore, for ever, for evermore, for perpetuity, forever, to perpetuity), ömür boyu (during good behavior, for life, for perpetuity, lifelong, lifetime, to perpetuity). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

назавжди (for ay, for aye, for ever, for good, forever). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: In Perpetuity

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-i-n-p-p-r-t-t-u-y"

-2 letters: perpetuity.

-4 letters: entirety, eternity, intertie, peripety, piperine, preunite, retinite, triunity, unpretty.

-5 letters: nettier, nippier, niterie, nitrite, nittier, nuttier, perpent, pettier, pipette, pretype, puttier, retinue, reunite, tentier, tenuity, tintype, tippier, trinity, trippet, uterine, yperite.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: In Perpetuity


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E      50 65 72 70 65 74 75 69 74 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 01110000 01100101 01110100 01110101 01101001 01110100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#32 &#80 &#101 &#114 &#112 &#101 &#116 &#117 &#105 &#116 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E      0050 0065 0072 0070 0065 0074 0075 0069 0074 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4380250718482718687758691

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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