short-term credit

noun [U] FINANCE

Definition

› money that is lent for a year or less: There's a huge demand for short-term credit. The cost of short-term credit is expected to fall. → Compare long-term credit

(Definition of short-term credit noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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