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short-term

(shôrt′tûrm′)
adj.
1. Involving or lasting a relatively brief time.
2.
a. Payable or reaching maturity within a relatively brief time, such as a year: a short-term loan.
b. Acquired over a relatively brief time: short-term capital gains.
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short-term

adj
1. of, for, or extending over a limited period
2. (Banking & Finance) finance extending over, maturing within, or required within a short period of time, usually twelve months: short-term credit; short-term capital.
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short′-term′



adj.
1. covering or involving a relatively short period of time: short-term memory.
2. maturing after a relatively short period of time: a short-term loan.
3. (of a capital gain or loss) derived from the sale or exchange of an asset held for less than a specified time, as six months or one year.
[1900–05]
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Adj.1.short-term - relating to or extending over a limited period; "short-run planning"; "a short-term lease"; "short-term credit"
short - primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"
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short-term

adjective
Intended, used, or present for a limited time:
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Translations

short-term

[ˈʃɔːttɜːm] ADJa corto plazo
a short-term loanun préstamo a plazo corto
short-term car parkzona f de estacionamiento limitado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

short-term

[ˈʃɔːtˌtɜːm] adja breve scadenza; (solution) → di or a breve durata
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

short

(ʃoːt) adjective
1. not long. You look nice with your hair short; Do you think my dress is too short?
2. not tall; smaller than usual. a short man.
3. not lasting long; brief. a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.
4. not as much as it should be. When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.
5. (with of) not having enough (money etc). Most of us are short of money these days.
6. (of pastry) made so that it is crisp and crumbles easily.
adverb
1. suddenly; abruptly. He stopped short when he saw me.
2. not as far as intended. The shot fell short.
ˈshortness noun
ˈshortage (-tidʒ) noun
a lack; the state of not having enough. a shortage of water.
ˈshorten verb
to make or become shorter. The dress is too long – we'll have to shorten it.
ˈshortening noun
(especially American) the fat used for making pastry.
ˈshortly adverb
soon. He will be here shortly; Shortly after that, the police arrived.
shorts noun plural
short trousers for men or women.
ˈshortbread noun
a kind of crisp, crumbling biscuit.
ˌshort-ˈchange verb
to cheat (a buyer) by giving him too little change.
short circuit the missing out by an electric current of a part of an electrical circuit (verb ˌshort-ˈcircuit)
ˈshortcoming noun
a fault.
ˈshortcut noun
a quicker way between two places. I'm in a hurry – I'll take a shortcut across the field.
ˈshorthand noun
a method of writing rapidly, using strokes, dots etc to represent sounds.
ˌshort-ˈhanded adjective
having fewer workers than are necessary or usual.
ˈshort-list noun
a list of candidates selected from the total number of applicants for a job etc.
verb
to put on a short-list. We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.
ˌshort-ˈlived (-ˈlivd) , ((American) -ˈlaivd) adjective
living or lasting only for a short time. short-lived insects; short-lived enthusiasm.
ˌshort-ˈrange adjective
1. not reaching a long distance. short-range missiles.
2. not covering a long time. a short-range weather forecast.
ˌshort-ˈsighted adjective
seeing clearly only things that are near. I don't recognize people at a distance because I'm short-sighted.
ˌshort-ˈsightedly adverb
ˌshort-ˈsightedness noun
ˌshort-ˈtempered adjective
easily made angry. My husband is very short-tempered in the mornings.
ˌshort-ˈterm adjective
1. concerned only with the near future. short-term plans.
2. lasting only a short time. a short-term loan.
by a short head
by a very small amount. to win by a short head.
for short
as an abbreviation. His name is Victor, but we call him Vic for short.
go short
to cause oneself not to have enough of something. Save this carton for tomorrow, or else we'll go short (of milk).
in short
in a few words.
in short supply
not available in sufficient quantity. Fresh vegetables are in short supply.
make short work of
to dispose of very quickly. The children made short work of the ice-cream.
run short
1. (of a supply) to become insufficient. Our money is running short.
2. (with of) not to have enough. We're running short of money.
short and sweet
His reply was short and sweet: `Get out!' he shouted.
short for
an abbreviation of. `Phone' is short for `telephone'; What is `Ltd.' short for?
short of
not as far as or as much as. Our total came to just short of $1,000; We stopped five miles short of London.
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short-term

adj a or de corto plazo
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The proposed regulations do not include a quantitative threshold for purposes of disaggregating amounts into categories of short-term borrowings, but the proposal does require footnote disclosure describing the method for disaggregation, where necessary for an understanding of the data presented.
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A dip in short-term earnings due to a vital, long-term investment is often seen as a bad decision if it negatively impacts quarterly results.
For life insurance companies, it is important to understand that long-term success is predicated on a growth in the embedded value--the present value of future profits from in-force business--of the company, not in short-term, top-line growth.
The City is initiating the design of the first four projects of the short-term phase that are expected to cost approximately $30 million.
The court determined the appropriate rate was the federal short-term rate plus 2 percentage points, the rate prescribed for corporate taxpayers.
European short-term rates will continue to rise into 2007, strategists say, unless one development unfolds--the Fed starts broadly hinting that it will soon begin to reduce short-term rates.
With liquidity portfolios remaining at such high levels, are companies prepared to maximize their return on short-term cash?
The company had a large percentage of securities on its balance sheet and its investment portfolio would have been well-positioned if long-term rates had risen along with short-term ones.
"It has the potential to really put short-term care insurance on the map, to hopefully see the product approved for sale in all 50 states and to educate tens of millions of aging Americans about the value of this product."