five-year term
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- noun
- Formal
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período de cinco años
- Approved the reappointment of John F. Shirk to the Juniata County Industrial Development Authority for a five-year term beginning in 2013.
- five-year term as president
- third five-year term
Examples
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The commissioner, a member of the N.Z. Parliament, is appointed for a five-year term to provide an independent check on environmental management systems and their performance (including other ministries and public agencies).
Academic text (2006) -
Assuming his likely deputy, Li Keqiang, follows with the usual five-year term, China's top leadership seems set until 2022.
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The president is elected directly and can only serve one renewable five-year term.
Academic text (2013) -
Another member's five-year term will expire next December, which could give him a majority by then.
Academic text (2016) -
Bendjedid was elected for a third five-year term on 22 December 1988.
Academic text (1993) -
At the heart of Reformasi was a constitutional amendment that requires the direct election of the president for a five-year term beginning this year.
Academic text (2004) -
The shareholders elect five dentists to the board of directors, each serving a five-year term.
Blog text (12) -
The Secretary General serves a five-year term and is traditionally (but not constitutionally) limited to two consecutive terms.
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The AOL Committee is chaired by a tenure-track faculty member for a five-year term that runs concurrently with the School's latest AACSB accreditation review cycle.
Academic text (2016) -
Dr. Lee began a five-year term as Director General in July of last year.
Synonyms
A period of five years
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
five-year + term
The meaning is fully compositional: 'five-year' specifies a duration of five years and 'term' means a period, so the combined phrase straightforwardly denotes a period lasting five years. This numeric + time + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English compounding, making it immediately understandable to B1 learners who know the constituents.
Etymology
The phrase five-year term comes from contracts where term means a fixed length of time and the parts five and year tell you it lasts five years. So it simply means 'a period of five years' for a contract, lease, or loan.