haircut
IPA: hˈɛrkʌt
noun
- 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.
verb
- To reduce the value assigned to an asset.
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Examples of "haircut" in Sentences
- Most of them have the same haircut.
- No, that's usually the fault of the haircut.
- Clearly that's part of the Sicilian haircut
- In the meantime, I'll give the article a haircut.
- This was the result of being teased for his haircut.
- The haircut gained phenomenal popularity in the early 1970s.
- A trademark haircut is the first step in the initiation process.
- The rachel haircut was common during the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s.
- The next day, Wally and his friends go to the barber shop for haircuts.
- This documentary follows the infamous haircut, the mullet, and its owners.
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