Associations to the word «Duration»

Wiktionary

DURATION, noun. An amount of time or a particular time interval.
DURATION, noun. (in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war
DURATION, noun. (finance) 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.

Dictionary definition

DURATION, noun. The period of time during which something continues.
DURATION, noun. The property of enduring or continuing in time.
DURATION, noun. Continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.