[
US
/ˌʃɔɹtˈtɝm/
]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or extending over a limited period
a short-term lease
short-term credit
short-run planning
How To Use short-term In A Sentence
- There's a level of debt in proportion to income that the world will accept as manageable, and there's a level of short-term nett borrowing that will be acceptable through a temporary period of difficulty. Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege
- This regime should have been more than adequate to demonstrate any significant short-term effects of reduced sleep.
- The state has also passed laws that are inimical to the short-term interests of particular capitalists, but necessary in the longer-term interests of capitalism itself - for example, health and safety legislation.
- One of the main sources of short-term funds is the unsecured bank loan. Principles of Corporate Finance
- If the stock sold had been purchased less than a year ago, the trades are classified as short-term. Rescue Your Money
- Thus America has responded to the enormous challenges the economy faces in the short-term and long-term alike with a complete failure of vision and verve. Andrei Cherny: Individual Age Economics
- Therefore, credit spreads tend to zero for the short-term debt of a solvent firm.
- Her own short-term future centres on finishing her next book, which is due for publication next spring. Times, Sunday Times
- The civic body invited short-term tenders for the work.
- When apparel maker Betabrand created a pair of khaki pants whose back-pocket linings and hems could be exposed to reveal reflective fabric, it expected the pants to be a short-term novelty item. Beyond Spandex: Chic Styles for Cyclists Take Off