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

Chicago Cubs Grade: C Key takeaways: The best move the Cubs made was extending president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer to a multiyear contract, but their trade deadline activity was underwhelming. —Jim Bowden, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025

Rublev has signed a multiyear partnership with K-Swiss; the duo has designed and launched the K-Frame Speed Rublo as part of this collaboration. —Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025

The multiyear effort comes as Merck prepares to offset revenue losses from the upcoming patent expiration of its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda in 2028. —Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 29 July 2025

Right-hander Seth Lugo and the Kansas City Royals are finalizing a multiyear contract extension, sources tell ESPN. —Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multiyear

• charioteer
• adhere
• ameer
• amir
• appear
• arrear
• astir
• austere
• career
• cashier
• cohere
• compere