multiyear

adjective

mul·​ti·​year ˌməl-tē-ˈyir How to pronounce multiyear (audio)
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variants or multi-year
: involving, effective for, or taking place over more than one year
a multiyear period
a multiyear project/study
… some key global bond yields have climbed to multi-year highs in the last few days.Evelyn Cheng
… as the team's franchise player, he was offered a one-year, $4.25 million contract, but he wants a multiyear deal …Peter King

Examples of multiyear in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The entities agreed to a multiyear lease in April 2021, according to court documents, and the tenants agreed to pay $8,750 per month for the first four years, including rent plus other expenses and taxes. Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024 Content from News Corp’s publications — which include the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post — is coming to OpenAI under a new multiyear licensing deal. Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 May 2024 The multiyear project brings together workers from across all walks of life and a variety of trades — driven by a common purpose to expand the region's transportation infrastructure. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024 Family Guy, The Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers — all of which are produced by Disney’s 20th Television Animation — are heading into the final seasons of multiyear orders. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024 For example, earlier this year the company announced a multiyear deal renewal with Rogan worth as much as $250 million. Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 May 2024 In 2023, Disney inked a multiyear distribution agreement with Charter Communications, which allows the company to integrate Disney’s streaming options with Spectrum’s broadband plans. Natasha Piñon, Fortune, 7 May 2024 Criminologists and policymakers in the Lone Star State have been in the process of initiating new multiyear and multipronged approaches to law enforcement, drawing on 50 years of research into the nation’s evolving policing techniques. Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024 In the coming weeks, the league is expected to announce a new game-changing multiyear media rights pact that reportedly will more than double its annual fees from TV and streaming outlets to $6 billion annually after the 2024-25 National Basketball Association season. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of multiyear was in 1921

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“Multiyear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiyear. Accessed 28 May. 2024.

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