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last⋅ing

[las-ting, lah-sting]
–adjective
1. continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable: a lasting friendship.
–noun
2. a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
3. Archaic. the quality of surviving or continuing and maintaining strength, effectiveness, etc.

Origin:
1125–75 for def. 1; 1775–85 for def. 2; ME (adj.). See last 2 , -ing 2


last⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
last⋅ing⋅ness, noun

last

2[last, lahst]
–verb (used without object)
1. to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
2. to continue unexpended or unexhausted; be enough: We'll enjoy ourselves while our money lasts.
3. to continue in force, vigor, effectiveness, etc.: to last for the whole course.
4. to continue or remain in usable condition for a reasonable period of time: They were handsome shoes but they didn't last.
–verb (used with object)
5. to continue to survive for the duration of (often fol. by out): They lasted the war in Switzerland.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME lasten, OE lǣstan to follow (lit., go in the tracks of), perform, continue, last; c. G laisten to follow, Goth laistjan. See last 3


1. See continue.

last

3[last, lahst]
–noun
1. a wooden or metal form in the shape of the human foot on which boots or shoes are shaped or repaired.
2. the shape or form of a shoe.
–verb (used with object)
3. to shape on or fit to a last.
4. stick to one's last, to keep to that work, field, etc., in which one is competent or skilled.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME lest(e), last(e), OE lǣste; c. G Leisten; akin to OE lāst, Goth laists track


laster, noun
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last 2   (lāst)   
v.   last·ed, last·ing, lasts

v.   intr.
    1. To continue in time; go on: The war lasted four years.

    2. To continue; survive: The patient is not expected to last much longer.

    3. To remain in good or usable condition: Produce lasts longer if it is refrigerated. I wanted a car that would last.

    4. To continue in force or practice: wondered if the marriage would last.

    1. To remain in good or usable condition: Produce lasts longer if it is refrigerated. I wanted a car that would last.

    2. To continue in force or practice: wondered if the marriage would last.

  1. To remain in adequate supply: Will our water last?

v.   tr.
  1. To keep adequately supplied: left enough bread to last the family for the weekend.

  2. To persist or endure for the entire length of; survive: hoped to last the season without injuring her leg again.


[Middle English lasten, from Old English lǣstan; see leis-1 in Indo-European roots.]
last 3   (lāst)   
n.  A block or form shaped like a human foot and used in making or repairing shoes.
tr.v.   last·ed, last·ing, lasts
To mold or shape on a last.

[Middle English leste, laste, from Old English lǣste, from lǣst, lāst, sole of the foot; see leis-1 in Indo-European roots.]
last·ing   (lās'tĭng)   
adj.  Continuing or remaining for a long time; enduring: a lasting peace.
n.  A sturdy twilled fabric.
last'ing·ly adv., last'ing·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

last  (adj., adv.)
"following all the others," from O.E. latost (adj.) and lætest (adv.), superl. of læt (adj.) and late (adv.). Cognate with O.Fris. lest, Du. laatst, O.H.G. laggost, Ger. letzt). Adj. Last-ditch "on the last line of defense" is from 1715, attributed to William of Orange. Last hurrah is from the title of Edwin O'Connor's 1956 novel. Last word "final, definitive statement" is from 1881.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

last

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Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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