short-term
- s relating to or extending over a limited period
a short-term lease
short-term credit
- The biggest element of the short-term cleanup efforts will be a restriction on car traffic that begins July 20.
- They have life goals (like raising a family or raking in cash) and short-term aspirations (like making a new friend or buying a new refrigerator).
- Short-term bank certificates of deposit and money-market accounts still offer paltry yields.