Definition of "long-run" []

• Relating to or extending over a relatively long time. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "But there is another long-run benefit that has been largely ignored: The children of highly skilled immigrants become exceptional Americans."
• "Yet it is undeniable that we have a tremendous long-run deficit problem to deal with—and the sooner, the better."
• "If Italy can raise its real long-run growth potential to 0.8% per year out to 2020, and sustain an annual primary budget surplus of 5% of GDP, its debt-to-GDP ratio could hit 125% in 2013, from 120% now, but fall thereafter, J.P. Morgan estimates."