Ultrashort
adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bond with an extremely short term, typically less than a year
"Ultrashorts were a way for the fund industry to appeal to bank customers, by offering an investment whose price did not vary much but whose yield was higher than that on certificates of deposit."
Adjective
- 1 Very short. informal, not-comparable
"ultrashort skirts"
- 2 Extremely short in duration, typically on the femtosecond scale not-comparable
"an ultrashort pulse"
- 3 Having a wavelength of between 1 and 10 metres not-comparable
- 4 Having a very short term of investment, typically less than a year not-comparable
"an ultrashort bond"
Synonyms
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More examples"Ultrashorts were a way for the fund industry to appeal to bank customers, by offering an investment whose price did not vary much but whose yield was higher than that on certificates of deposit."
Etymology
From ultra- + short.