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short-dated

British  

adjective

  1. (of a gilt-edged security) having less than five years to run before redemption Compare medium-dated long-dated

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They can only invest in short-dated Treasury securities for the most part, unlike a bank, which is lending money out to all kinds of ventures that have risk associated with them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The rise of short-dated options and leveraged ETFs has helped to supercharge the gap between the winners and losers in the stock market.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Yields on the short-dated bonds have gone up a lot more, which tends to support the idea that the surge in yields is about the Fed raising interest rates in response to inflationary pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Italy will hold its end-of-month auctions for short-dated BTPs and linkers on Tuesday, and for medium- to long-dated BTPs and floating rate notes on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

If, as most of us profess to believe, it is a mistake to tell lies, what a specially fatal description of falsehood to issue short-dated bulletins of victory with only one month to run.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Sir Ian Hamilton

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