in perpetuity

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English

Prepositional phrase

in perpetuity

  1. For an indefinitely long time.
    bequeathed to the nation in perpetuity
    The interest payments on consols were in perpetuity.
    • 1952 December, 'Icarus', “The Chingford Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 793:
      Queen Victoria travelled to Chingford on May 6, 1882, to dedicate Epping Forest to the public in perpetuity.
  2. For life.
    desire happiness in perpetuity
    the annuity was in perpetuity