term of years
The lease under which that estate in land is held.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The tenant signed a contract for a term of years.”
“The landlord and the tenant agreed on a term of years for the commercial office space lease.”
“The legal agreement clearly stipulated a term of years, ensuring the property remained under the tenant's control for the duration of the contract.”
From term + of + years.
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a year and a day
A long time.
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banner year
An especially fruitful year; a year of exceptional production.
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be a hundred years too early
To be so immature and unprepared as to have no hope of achieving an accomplishment.
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blanket term
A word or phrase that is used to describe multiple groups of related things.
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donkey's years
A long time, years and years.
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four score and seven years ago
Used (sometimes sarcastically) to indicate that a past event being mentioned is particularly important: a long time ago; many years ago.
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golden years
Old age; especially, the leisure years in later life after one has retired from employment.
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never in a million years
Absolutely not.
Last updated August 10, 2026