haircut
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haircut
- /ˈhɛə(ɹ)kʌt/
Where it comes from
From hair + cut.
noun haircuts · hair cut
- 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.
- 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. to take a haircut
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The difference between the value of a loan and the value of its collateral.
Government securities having high credit rating such as Treasury bonds and Treasury bills are usually subjected to 1% to 10% haircut, while for more risky, volatile or illiquid securities, such as a stock option, the haircut might be as high as 30%.
Similar: margin
verb haircuts · haircutting · haircutted · hair cut
- To reduce the value assigned to an asset. But whereas in the past it has been possible for a brokerage house to credit a customer’s account for 100 percent of the value of a commodity, we have required that that value be haircutted significantly.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hairdressing, barber, barbershop, stylist, hairdresser, hairdo, hairstyle, ducktail, hairline, shearing, hair, headwear, headgear, headdress, hat, trimming
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noun act of cutting of hair
| Español | corte (piloso / capilar), corte de pelo / cabello |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 이발 ibal, 산발 sanbal, 머리 깎기 meori kkakgi |
| 日本語 | 刈り込み karikomi, 理髪 rihatsu, 散髪 sanpatsu |
| Português | corte |
| Français | coupe |
| Deutsch | Haarschnitt, Haareschneiden |
| Italiano | taglio di capelli, taglio |
| Ελληνικά | κούρεμα koúrema |
| Română | tuns, tunsoare, tundere |
| Русский | стри́жка strížka |
| العربية | حَلَاقَة ḥalāqa |
| עברית | תספורת, תִּסְפֹּרֶת tispóret |
noun reduction in debt
| Deutsch | Schuldenschnitt |
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title = {haircut},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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