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Definitions: In Perpetuity |
In PerpetuityAdverb1. 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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
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) |
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Crosswords: In Perpetuity |
| Specialty definitions using "in perpetuity": country park ♦ In Perpetuam. (references) |
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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. | ||
| 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 concessão perpétua (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant). (various references) 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) para siempre (farewell, for aye, for ever, for goods and all, forever). (various references) upplåtelse av gravrätt för alltid (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant). (various references) 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) назавжди (for ay, for aye, for ever, for good, forever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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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)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 00100000 01010000 01100101 01110010 01110000 01100101 01110100 01110101 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n   P e r p e t u i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E      0050 0065 0072 0070 0065 0074 0075 0069 0074 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4380250718482718687758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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