long-run

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long-run

(used before a noun) Involving, maturing after, or lasting for a long period of time. Our team has come up with a number of long-run solutions to our financial problems, but we'll have to make some sacrifices for them to be effective. If you're thinking of starting a savings account, it's good to have some long-run goals for how much you want to put aside each month.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Timotej	-	Slovene, Macedonian, Slovak
ŞAdİYe	-	Turkish
Phares	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Dykes	[daiks]
Rafe	RAYF	English
Alexander	a-lig-ZAN-dər (English), ah-lek-SAHN-der (German), ah-lək-SAHN-dər (Dutch), AW-lek-sawn-der (Hungarian)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient