duration
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Snow levels early in the week should remain above 6,000 feet for most of the storm’s duration, but significant snow could accumulate in the higher elevations.
From Los Angeles Times
Using the duration of that crossing and computer models of the system, researchers estimated the planet's likely orbital period.
From Science Daily
That creates a potentially nasty combination for the bond’s price because of a concept called duration—how distant most of its promised cash flows are.
England will then head to Kansas City, where they will be based at the Soccer Swope Village for the duration of the tournament.
From Barron's
One way bond investors measure risk is duration, the time it takes for a bond to pay back the original investment.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
