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Definition: Perpetuity |
PerpetuityNoun1. The property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "perpetuity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Diuturnity | Noun: diuturnity; a long time, a length of time; an age, a century, an eternity; slowness; perpetuity; blue moon, coon's age, dog's age. |
Infinity | Noun: infinity, infinitude, infiniteness; Adjective: perpetuity; boundlessness. |
Perpetuity | Noun: perpetuity, eternity, everness, aye, sempiternity, immortality, athanasia; interminability, agelessness, everlastingness; Adjective: perpetuation; continued existence, uninterrupted existence; perennity; permanence (durability). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The value of the perpetuity is finite because receipts that are anticipated far in the future have extremely low present value (today's value of the future cash flows).
For example, UK government bonds that are undated and irredeemable (e.g. War Loan) pay fixed coupons (interest payments) and trade actively in the bond market. Very long dated bonds have financial characteristics that can appeal to some investors and in some circumstances, e.g. long-dated bonds have prices that change rapidly (either up or down) when yields change (fall or rise) in the financial markets.
A more current example is the convention used in real estate finance for valuing real estate with a Cap_Rate. Using a cap rate, the value of a particular real estate asset is either the Net_Income or the Net_Cash_Flow of the property, divided by the cap rate. Effectively, the use of a cap rate to value a piece of real estate assumes that the current income from the property continues in perpetuity.
See also: Present_value
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Perpetuity."
Crosswords: Perpetuity |
| English words defined with "perpetuity": in perpetuity ♦ Perpetuance. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "perpetuity": country park ♦ In Perpetuam. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Sir Thomas Browne | But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In the second, perpetuity, the only hope at the most distant boundary of the future, that gleam of liberty which men call death. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The reader will easily believe, that from what I had heard and seen, my keen appetite for perpetuity of life was much abated. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. |
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| "Perpetuity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Perpetuity" is used about 89 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 89 | 34,931 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "perpetuity": for perpetuity ♦ in perpetuity ♦ to perpetuity. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
perpetuity | 19 |
formula perpetuity | 2 |
find formula its npv perpetuity | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "perpetuity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përjetësi (aeon, Eon, eternity, everlasting, forever, immortality), zotërim i përhershëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خلود (continuance, eternity, immortality), السناهية الدائمة, أبدية, دوامية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вечност (aeon, age, eternity, everlasting, imperishability, infinity), пожизнена рента. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vìènost (aeon, age, beyond, Eon, eternity, immortality), ustaviènost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | altijddurende concessie (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پایاءی , جاودانی (Eternal, Eternity, Everlasting, Perennial), ابد (Lifetime), دوام (Continuance, Continuity, Durante, Life, Permanency, Persistence, Strength, Substance), بقا (Survival). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hautapaikka rajoittamattomaksi ajaksi (grant in perpetuity, perpetual grant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | perpétuité, durée perpétuelle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ewigkeit (aeon, ages, eternity, immutability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αιωνιότησ (eternity, sempiternity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צמיתות (everlastingness, permanence, perpetuality), נצחיות (eternity, everlastingness, infinity), נצח (aeon, endurance, eternity, forever, immortality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | örökkévalóság (eternity, everlasting), életjáradék (life annuity), elidegeníthetetlenség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kelestarian (conservation, preservation), kelanggengan (eternity), keabadian (durability, eternity, permanence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | perpetuità, eternità (ages, eternity, immortality), continuità (continuity, incessancy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 悠久 (eternity, permanence), 恒久 (permanent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | とこしえ (eternity, immortality), えいごう (eternity), えいせい (eternal life, eternity, health, hygiene, immortality, medical, permanence, sanitation, satellite), えいそん (durability, permanence), えいきゅう (eternity, immortality), えいぞん (durability, permanence, reciting poetry), えいえん (eternity, immortality, permanence), とわ (eternity, immortality), ばんせいふえき (eternity), ゆうきゅう (eternity, fallow, idle, permanence, salaried, unused, with pay), こうきゅう (consideration, good pitch, hard ball, harem, high class, high grade, high salary, imperial consort, inner palace, investigation, legal holiday, palace, permanent, purchase, reduction in pay, regulation ball, research, seraglio, study), こうきゅうせい (permanance), せんざい (decoction, detergent, dormancy, garden, latency, long time, millennium, potentiality, pre-existence, thousand years, trees and flowers in a garden, washing material), ばんだいふえき (eternity), ばんこ (all houses, eternity, many houses), ちょうきゅう (permanence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheeraght. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erpetuitypay posse perpétua, perpetuidade (perennial), perpetuação, duração eterna. (various references) rentã viagerã (life annuity, life interest, life rent), inalienabilitate, eternitate (aeon, eternity), caracter perpetuu. (various references) вечность (aeon, aeons, age, agelessness, eon, eternity, everlasting, immortality, imperishability, timelessness). (various references) večnost (eternity), večitost. (various references) perpetuidad. (various references) ständig besittning, evighet (aeon, Eon, eternity, everlasting), beständighet (constancy, fixity, invariability, permanence, permanency). (various references) süresiz olma, süreklilik (continuity, duration, endurance, invariability, lastingness, permanence, permanency, persistence), daimilik, ömür boyu sürme, ömür boyu gelir. (various references) вічність (aeon, eternity, everlasting, forever, immortality), безстрокове володіння, безмежність, довічна рента. (various references) tính chất vĩnh viễn vật sở hữu vĩnh viễn, địa vị vĩnh viễn lợi tức hưởng suốt đời. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Perpetuity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perpetu, Perpetue, perpetuo, perpituity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "perpetuity" (pronounced per'putyuw"utē) |
| 5 | -y uw" u t ē | acuity, ambiguity, promiscuity. |
| 4 | -uw" u t ē | annuity, congruity, continuity, discontinuity, gratuity, incongruity, ingenuity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, connectivity, constitutionality, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-i-p-p-r-t-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: peripety. | |
-3 letters: pettier, pipette, pretype, puttier, trippet, yperite. | |
-4 letters: petite, petter, pretty, purity, puttee, putter, pyrite, repute, retype, tipper, tippet, trippy, tuyere, typier, uppity, yippee, yuppie. | |
-5 letters: erupt, eyrie, peery, peter, petit, petti, petty, piety, piper, pipet, puree, putti, putty, retie, rupee, rutty, tippy, titer, titre, tripe, trite, tutee, tuyer, upper, uteri, utter. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 70 65 74 75 69 74 79 |
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