over a relatively short period of time

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• short-term — /shawrt terrm /, adj. 1. covering or applying to a relatively short period of time. 2. maturing over a relatively short period of time: a short term loan. 3. (of profit, loss, interest, etc.) of or pertaining to a short term, esp. one year or… …   Universalium

• short-term — adjective Date: 1901 1. occurring over or involving a relatively short period of time 2. a. of, relating to, or constituting a financial operation or obligation based on a brief term and especially one of less than a year b. generated by assets… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• short-term — [shôrt′tʉrm΄] adj. 1. for or extending over a short time 2. designating or of a capital gain, loan, etc. that involves a relatively short period, usually of less than a year …   English World dictionary

• short — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b not long in duration; brief (a short time ago; had a short life). c seeming less than the stated amount (a few short years of happiness). 2 of small… …   Useful english dictionary

• short-run — adjective relating to or extending over a limited period (Freq. 2) short run planning a short term lease short term credit • Syn: ↑short term • Similar to: ↑short * * * …   Useful english 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

• Time — This article is about the measurement. For the magazine, see Time (magazine). For other uses, see Time (disambiguation). The flow of sand in an hourglass can be used to keep track of elapsed time. It also concretely represents the present as… …   Wikipedia

• Short Stirling — Infobox Aircraft name=Stirling caption=Stirling N6101 from No. 7 Sqn. Pathfinder Force being bombed up. type=Heavy bomber manufacturer=Short Brothers, Rochester Short Bros. and Harland, Belfast Austin Motor Company designer=Arthur Gouge first… …   Wikipedia

• short haul — noun 1. : transportation of goods or passengers for a short distance 2. : a comparatively brief period of time used with the to achieve this, Americans must work for the long pull not the short haul Earl Bunting * * * n. a relatively short… …   Useful english dictionary

• short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …   Universalium

• Atlantic (period) — The Atlantic in palaeoclimatology was the warmest and most moist Blytt Sernander period, pollen zone and chronozone of Holocene north Europe. The climate was generally warmer than today. It was preceded by the Boreal, with a climate similar to… …   Wikipedia