long-term
covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
maturing over or after a relatively long period of time: a long-term loan; a long-term bond.
(of a capital gain or loss) derived from the sale or exchange of an asset held for more than a specified time, as six months or one year.
Origin of long-term
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How to use long-term in a sentence
Diets not only fail to make us thinner, they also fail to make us healthier in the long term.
Last year, it let an unemployment extension for the long-term jobless expire during the holidays.
To GOP Congress, as Usual, It’s Welfare on the Chopping Block | Monica Potts | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRecovery from a long-term eating disorder is a bit of a statistical anomaly.
It's probably necessary for success in the long term, but it's far, far, far from sufficient.
U.S. Hasn’t Even Started Training Rebel Army to Fight ISIS | Tim Mak | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a horrific and inconvenient truth, but paying ransoms to free hostages invariably worsens the problem in the long-term.
To Kill the ISIS Monster You Gotta Do More Than Cut Off Its Money | Charlie Winter | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Formerly charters were granted to corporations for a long term of years, or forever.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesA great wall runs through the centre, dividing the long-term from the short-term prisoners.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanMany a spy of the Kaiser had tried to pry there and had been arrested and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le Queuxlong-term mining and exploitation can't be done by anything but a self-sustaining colony.
Deathworld | Harry HarrisonFor long-term applications, one may wish to dig a hole in the ground to hold the Funnel against strong winds.
The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler | Steven E. Jones
British Dictionary definitions for long-term
lasting, staying, or extending over a long time: long-term prospects
finance maturing after a long period of time: a long-term bond
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