short-term price

collocation in English

meaningsofshort-termandprice

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short-term
adjective
uk
/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/us
/ˈʃɔːrt.tɝːm/
lasting a ...
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price
noun[C]
uk
/praɪs/us
/praɪs/
the amount of money for which something ...
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(Definition ofshort-termandpricefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Short-termpricefixing at the expense of the producer will lead only to greater difficulties for the nation as a whole in the long term.
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Short-termpriceconsiderations suggest a switch to imports.
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It is nonsense to consider jeopardising our balance of payments for a temporaryshort-termpricegain.
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The national interest should not depend onshort-termpriceoscillations, however.
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I was saying that competition has brought standards higher than anyshort-termpricecontrols have done.
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But we have to act and ask: is the price for long-term accommodation, the inevitableshort-termpricethat we have to pay, a price that we are prepared to pay?
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Althoughshort-termpricefluctuation may affect the yields of value added tax and excise duties, these effects are generally small, and cannot be determined in isolation.
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Clearly, the narrow interpretation of public interest as relating only to theshort-termpriceof goods and services, without considering the wider implications of competition and monopoly, is insufficient.
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Example after example has shown that competition has a far more important part to play in reducing prices and raising standards than anyshort-termpricecontrols can ever do.
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The liberalisers must face up to this and say that it is the price we must pay—ashort-termprice, because in the long run the problem will decrease.
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These includedshort-termpriceagreements covering basic food products and bread prices.
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Some traders concentrate on possibleshort-termpricemovements of a security rather than its long-term fundamental prospects.
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Technical indicators are used extensively by active traders, as they are designed primarily for analyzingshort-termpricemovements.
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Stock speculators usually try to profit fromshort-termpricevolatility with trades lasting anywhere from several seconds to several weeks.
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There are short-term prices which will have to be paid.
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