in perpetuity
English
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- 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.
- For life.
- desire happiness in perpetuity
- the annuity was in perpetuity