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short-term funds — ➔ fund1 * * * short term funds UK US noun [plural] FINANCE ► money that has been borrowed for a short time, usually less than five years: »Borrowers are often businessmen seeking to raise short term funds to clinch deals. → Compare LONG TERM… … Financial and business terms
short — short1 W1S1 [ʃo:t US ʃo:rt] adj comparative shorter superlative shortest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2¦(length/distance)¦ 3¦(not tall)¦ 4¦(book/letter)¦ 5¦(not enough)¦ 6 be short on something 7¦(less than)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
short — adj. 1) short in (short in stature) 2) short of (short of funds; to run short of food; to fall short of one s goal) 3) (misc.) to be caught short ( to find oneself in acute need ); and: (BE; colloq.) ( to feel the need to go to the toilet ) * * * … Combinatory dictionary
short — Not extensive in length, whether of distance or time. The condition of one who has sold short. Lacking funds, particularly funds which one should have according to a record or book of account. The word short may not always impute dishonesty or… … Ballentine's law dictionary
short — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not measuring much from one end to the other VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc … Collocations dictionary
short — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, Bermuda shorts, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Spartan, Technicolor, Western, aback, abbreviate, abbreviated, abridged, abrupt, abruptly, adulterated, aggressive, all in all, amount, amplify, animated cartoon, apart from … Moby Thesaurus
Short Money — is the common name given to the annual payment to Opposition parties in the United Kingdom House of Commons to help them with their costs. It is named after Edward Short (now Lord Glenamara), the then Leader of the House of Commons who first… … Wikipedia
funds — [plural] ► the financial resources that a business, organization, or project has available: raise/provide/generate funds »A new shares issue was launched to raise funds for the acquisition. sufficient/insufficient funds »Experts have criticized… … Financial and business terms
Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender … Wikipedia
Short-Term Investment Fund - STIF — A type of fund that invests in short term investments of high quality and low risk. The goal of this type of fund is to protect capital with low risk investments while achieving a return that beats a relevant benchmark such as a Treasury bill… … Investment dictionary
