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# perpetuity

«perpetuity» in Mova's school dictionary: **Lasting for ever or for an endless time; mostly in the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (perpetuity, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, law) Lasting for ever or for an endless time; mostly in the phrase «in perpetuity» (for ever). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuity/#m1)

2) (money) A payment that goes on for ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In law, money and adult life, papers say land, a grave or a right is given «in perpetuity», meaning it can never end. In stories it sounds grand and serious. Phrases: «in perpetuity», «for perpetuity».

### examples

- The land was given to the town in perpetuity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuity/#x1)
- The grave is kept in perpetuity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuity/#x2)
- The charity owns the park in perpetuity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuity/#x3)
- The rights to the song belong to her in perpetuity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuity/#x4)
- They promised to protect the forest in perpetuity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuity/#x5)
- A perpetuity pays the same amount every year, for ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuity/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Very formal; in everyday speech say «for ever». Pronounced per-pe-TYOO-i-tee. Related: perpetual (never-ending), perpetuate (make something continue).

### In the corpora

- [And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for ye are strangers and settlers with Me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.756/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «perpetuity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpetuity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.