Duration
WordNet
noun
(1) Continuance in time
"The ceremony was of short duration"
"He complained about the length of time required"
(2) The property of enduring or continuing in time
(3) The period of time during which something continues
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An amount of time or a particular time interval
- (in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war
- Rationing will last at least for the duration.
- 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.