Usually one year or less, often used to refer to bonds or loans. opposite of long-term. see also asset conversion loan, banker's acceptance, bridge loan, cash credit, commercial paper, current ratio, discount rate, evergreen loan, floating debt, interim financing, money market, note, municipal note, tax anticipation note, paper, renegotiable rate, staggered maturities, technical analysis, trading.

Any investments with a maturity of one year or less.

Whose maturity is under 18 months.

Persons or work for which employment is less than 12 months (excluding firefighters hired for a particular fire).

A type of obligation with a maturity of less than one year.

Something that will span a brief period of time – usually 1 to 3 months

Lasting 14 days or less.

typically refers to a holding period of one year or less.

Many apartments are available on a short-term basis ranging from 1-6 months. These apartments are typically furnished and offer the tenant a less expensive alternative to weekly hotel bills. These apartments are typically not subject to New York City Hotel taxes and average out to be far less expensive on a per diem basis.

Refers to a work assignment of limited duration. The duration implied here is open to some debate. Most would agree that "short-term" means employment of a year or less. Some companies use six months as a cut-off for all temporary assignments; others use 1,000 or 1,500 hours to ensure compliance with federal legislation regarding mandated coverages. The U.S. Federal Government in its use of temporary employees provided by private-sector staffing companies allows a maximum of 240 workdays in a 24-month period.