short-term

[ shawrt-turm ]

/ ˈʃɔrtˈtɜrm /

covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.

maturing over a relatively short period of time: a short-term loan.

(of profit, loss, interest, etc.) of or relating to a short term, especially one year or less.

Origin of short-term

First recorded in 1900–05

The Affordable Care Act was always a short-term political loser with respect to middle-class voters.

Staving Off a Democratic Civil War |Michael Tomasky |December 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Cheshire is supposed to be a “short-term” facility, with 60 percent of its prisoners awaiting trial.

‘Progressive Jail’ Is a 21st-Century Hell, Inmates Complain |Sarah Shourd |September 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But blaming contemporary politics for the deep roots of inequality in Scotland is a misdirected, short-term fixation.

Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality |Noah Caldwell |September 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But as the increasing backlash against clickbait shows, the short-term gains in unique views may cost news sites in the long run.

Saving Us From Ourselves: The Anti-Clickbait Movement |Emily Shire |July 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

This growing clickbait awareness may ultimately cost news agencies that are gunning for short-term gains.

Saving Us From Ourselves: The Anti-Clickbait Movement |Emily Shire |July 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I called for an election by informal ballot of short-term officers to serve until a time of regular elections could be set.

A Woman's Impression of the Philippines |Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee
Many were short-term soldiers, fighting only three to six months at a time.

The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 |Virginia State Dept. of Education
It would be somewhat audacious to assume that these short-term records have far-reaching importance.

The Andes of Southern Peru |Isaiah Bowman
On short-term training they were rarely allotted to important work.

Merchantmen-at-Arms |David W. Bone
In person he was the mildest-mannered man that ever foreclosed a short-term mortgage and put a family out in the street.

Fore! |Charles Emmett Van Loan

short-term

of, for, or extending over a limited period

finance extending over, maturing within, or required within a short period of time, usually twelve months short-term credit; short-term capital