short-term debt

short-term debt definition - finance
Debt that will come due within one year. On a balance sheet, short-term debt is separated out from long-term debt, which is debt that matures in one year or longer.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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