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21short-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… …
22short — I [[t]ʃɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES ♦ shorter, shortest (Please look at category 24 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) ADJ GRADED If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does… …
23time — time1 W1S1 [taım] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(minutes/hours etc)¦ 2¦(on a clock)¦ 3¦(occasion)¦ 4¦(point when something happens)¦ 5¦(period of time)¦ 6¦(available time)¦ 7 all the time 8 most of the time 9 half the time 10 at tim …
24time — time1 [ taım ] noun *** ▸ 1 quantity clock measures ▸ 2 period ▸ 3 occasion/moment ▸ 4 time available/needed ▸ 5 how fast music is played ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) uncount the quantity that you measure using a clock: Time seemed to pass more quickly than… …
25for the time being — adverb temporarily (Freq. 2) we ll stop for the time being • Syn: ↑for the moment * * * FOR NOW, for the moment, for the present, in the interim, for the nonce, in/for the meantime, in the meanwhile, for a short time, briefly; temporarily,… …
26for */*/*/ — weak [fə] , strong [fɔː] preposition 1) intended to benefit sb/sth used for saying who or what is intended to receive something or get the benefit of it Claudia, this present is for you.[/ex] The academy provides training for young… …
27short-term memory — noun what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it • Syn: ↑STM, ↑immediate memory • Hypernyms: ↑memory, ↑remembering * * * information retained in the brain and retrievable from it over a brief span of time (contrasted with long term… …
28time — often has a curious magnetic effect, attracting extra words to sentences, as here: Indeed, he likes to say that prostitution is a kind of time share business, since the property in question is being occupied for a short length of time (New… …
29time — often has a curious magnetic effect, attracting extra words to sentences, as in: The property was occupied for a short length of time. Make it for a short time. Occasionally, time itself is superfluous, as in constructions of this sort: The… …
30short-term — ♦♦♦ ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Short term is used to describe things that will last for a short time, or things that will have an effect soon rather than in the distant future. Investors weren t concerned about short term profits over the next few… …
