short-term
covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
maturing over a relatively short period of time: a short-term loan.
(of profit, loss, interest, etc.) of or relating to a short term, especially one year or less.
Origin of short-term
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How to use short-term in a sentence
The exposure and buzz from Short Term have raised her profile considerably.
As a matter of dollars and cents, America in the short term may be able to afford disability and food stamps.
Bush, Christie, Romney: Who’ll Be the GOP Class Warrior? | Lloyd Green | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll three envisage Assad staying in power—at least in the short term.
The Affordable Care Act was always a short-term political loser with respect to middle-class voters.
Close attachment to autocratic regimes by the West pays short-term dividends but will antagonize generations of Muslims.
Why’s Al Qaeda So Strong? Washington Has (Literally) No idea | Bruce Riedel | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A great wall runs through the centre, dividing the long-term from the short-term prisoners.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanOr was it that you once served a term—a very short term, cut short by a successful attempt at escape in a Minnesota prison?
The Mayor's Wife | Anna Katherine GreenMrs. Mittin soon went, though her continued and unmeaning chattery made the short term of her stay appear long.
Camilla | Fanny BurneyWar Savings Stamps—a short-term obligation paying interest at maturity.
No one was willing to take the short term and lose the $8 per diem and other privileges.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama | Walter L. Fleming
British Dictionary definitions for short-term
of, for, or extending over a limited period
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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