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Short entry

Short entry. It takes place when a bill or note, not due, has been sent to a bank for collection, and an entry of it is made in the customer's bank-book, stating the amount in an inner column, and carrying it into the accounts between the parties when it has been paid. See ENTERING SHORT....

short-swing profit

short-swing profit : a profit made by a corporate insider who purchases stock and sells it or sells stock and purchases it within a prescribed period NOTE: Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides that a corporation may recover short-swing profits realized by an insider within six months. ...

short term

short term : short rate ...

short rate

short rate 1 : an insurance premium charge for less than a year of coverage that is more than a pro rata part of the annual premium 2 : an insurance policy written for less than one year called also short term ...

Short spoken

Speaking in a quick or short manner hence gruff curt...

Title short

Title short, means label and index heading cited in the first clause of a Bill, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 536.Means the name by which a Bill is described in notice, order paper, votes and proceedings and the journal of the House of Commons and Publications of House of Lords, follows the title proper which is prefixed to the Bill, Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, pp. 188-189....

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