haircut

IPA: hˈɛrkʌt

The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.
The style into which the hair is cut.
(law, business) A partial loss, financially: thus, in a bankruptcy proceeding, the proportional reduction in the debt that will be paid to each creditor (based on an evaluation of the total debt owed and the total assets of the debtor); among investors, the negative return on investment from a losing proposition.
(finance) The difference between the value of a loan and the value of its collateral.

Examples of "haircut" in Sentences

By the way, the 2nd picture of her new haircut is lovely.
The haircut is a huge improvement and his body was ridiculous.
"The word 'haircut' is easy to say on its own ... but we must go step by step."
And, I have raised this before, but where oh where did the term 'haircut' come from?
The odd mortgage payment has bounced … the lack of haircut is the most annoying, though.
This is progress for a Continent that dared not to breathe the word haircut only months ago.
Frank Churchill's quick excursion for a "haircut" is quite obviously beyond the limits of realistic constraint.
General Kagan has a short haircut, is fond of wearing suits, and has no family life of which she speaks publicly, for starters.
Momentarily, he was tempted to ask Inti what he called his haircut, but on the off chance that the boatman might answer "Arthur, " as George Harrison had responded to the same question in A Hard Day's Night, he held his tongue.