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haircutnoun [ C ]

uk ​ /ˈheə.kʌt/ us ​ /ˈher.kʌt/

haircut noun [ C ] (MONEY)

› specialized finance & economics a reduction in an amount of money, such as the price of a share or bond:

The crisis means that lenders will have to take a haircut (= accept that they have lost money because the value of the investment has gone down).

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(Definition of “haircut” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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haircutnoun [ C ]

us ​ /ˈherˌkʌt/

› an occasion when you have your hair cut, or the style in which it is cut

(Definition of “haircut” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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haircutnoun [ C ]

uk ​ /ˈheəkʌt/ us ​ US informal FINANCE

› a small reduction in the price of a share, bond, etc.

› a reduction in an amount of money:

The museum director took a haircut of about 8% from his salary.

(Definition of “haircut” from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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