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[ adjective ] relating to or extending over a limited period
Synonyms Examples "short-run planning" "a short-term lease" "short-term credit" Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)The system is composed of three credit services , Federal_Land_Banks and National_Farm_Loan_Associations , Federal_Intermediate ( short-term ) Credit_Banks , and Banks_for_Cooperatives . This system provides long - and short-term credit to farmers and their cooperative marketing , purchasing , and business service organizations . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)Bankers who had been reluctant to lend without better security than the house itself got that security from the U._S. government ; householders who had been unable to pick_up the burden of short-term high interest mortgages found they could borrow for twenty-five years at 4 per_cent , under government aegis . Related terms |
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