duration

Meaning

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.

Origin

• From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.