From the given options, select the one that will rightly substitute the given expression:
‘Period of 10 years’
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Decade
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Decade (answer) | a period of ten years | The town has changed a lot in the last decade. |
| (2) Fortnight | a period of two weeks (fourteen nights), not ten years | We are going on holiday for a fortnight. |
| (3) Annuity | a fixed sum of money paid every year, usually for the rest of a person's life (it is a payment, not a period of time) | After retiring, she lived on an annuity. |
| (4) Millennium | a period of a thousand years | The year 2000 marked the start of a new millennium. |