short-dated

British

adjective

(of a gilt-edged security) having less than five years to run before redemption Compare medium-dated long-dated

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Soaring oil prices accelerated a selloff in Treasurys, particularly short-dated Treasurys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The Treasury Deparment said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve has bought more than $90 billion of short-dated government bills over the past eight weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

While overall options trading volume has grown rapidly over the past few years, volume in short-dated contracts has climbed even more quickly.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Let them wager on a day’s move with short-dated options—Wall Street’s equivalent of scratch-off lottery tickets.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

The German Emperor, King of Prussia, has never made two consecutive speeches in which one did not contain some threat for us, long or short-dated.

From The Schemes of the Kaiser by Adam, Juliette

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