duration
Pronunciation: /dʒʊˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
The English word “duration” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- An amount of time or a particular time interval.
- The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
- 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.
Etymology
From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.
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