Definitions
Act or result of cutting hair.
Word origin
From hair + cut.
Used in a sentence
“to take a haircut”
“And he needs to make sure that any American bank that was involved in loans to Asia, and now wants to share in the I.M.F. bailout, takes a haircut. And I'm not just talking about a trim.”
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Barber's result”7 letters
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