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Vinony

duration

noun

  1. length of time of an event or process; quality of an event or process with beginning and end
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dʒʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ / /djʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ / /dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.

  1. An amount of time or a particular time interval.

    “The duration of the flight will be about 2 hours 45 minutes.”

    “She was moaning for the entire duration of the advert break.”

  2. The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.

    “Rationing will last at least for the duration.”

  3. A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.