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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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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

Investors fear that perps may lure retail investors away from short-dated options and other adrenaline-fueled bets that have been a key revenue driver for the traditional exchanges in recent years.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

Payment stablecoins serving Americans must be backed one-for-one by low-risk reserve assets, including cash and short-dated Treasurys.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

One consequence of that backdrop is that yields on short-dated government debt, like the 2-year Treasury note, will be “extremely volatile,” Hu said.

From MarketWatch Mar. 26, 2026

The answer must be that the promise may have taken some time to be fully liquidated, but that the immediate or short-dated payment was great.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

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