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

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That's according to a statement from the department that noted that, due to some multiyear grants, the total could jump to $15 million in coming years. Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 The analyst believes Nike's multiyear recovery path is based on several key parts. Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 28 July 2025 Samsung Electronics, controlled by South Korean billionaire Jay Y. Lee, has signed a 22.8 trillion won ($16.5 billion) multiyear deal with Tesla to manufacture AI chips for the U.S. electric vehicles-to-AI giant. Zinnia Lee, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 In 2018, all of those networks let their multiyear time buy deals lapse, but PBC signed traditional rights agreements with Fox Sports and Showtime, giving those networks distribution rights for its pay-per-view events. Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 27 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for multiyear

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

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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 1 Aug. 2025.

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