multiyear

adjective

mul·​ti·​year ˌməl-tē-ˈyir 

-ˌtī-

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

Gruel questioned why the city is pushing through a multiyear brand management contract without assessing whether such rebranding or marketing services are needed. —Claire Wang, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026

The multiyear deal gives Meta access to the Graviton line of processors, Nafea Bshara, an Amazon vice president and co-founder of the company’s Annapurna Labs chips unit, said in an interview. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026

The Facebook and Instagram company cut a multiyear deal for thousands of Graviton chips from Amazon Web Services. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026

All three are potential multiyear transfers heading into their sophomore campaigns. —Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multiyear

• auctioneer
• bandelier
• belvedere
• bombardier
• brigadier
• buccaneer
• cavalier
• chandelier
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• chevalier
• commandeer
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