Haircut Meaning
/ˈhɛə(ɹ)kʌt/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.
nounThe style into which the hair is cut.
Sentence Examples
You need not have a haircut this week.
It's high time you had a haircut.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After months of waiting, the stylist gave me a ____ with scissors.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He decided to get a short ____ for the summer to help him stay cool during the very hot and humid weather.
Word Origin & History
From hair + cut.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1998 January 17, Thomas L. Friedman, “Haircut Time”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
"Its president, Nestor Kirchner, was expected to confirm overnight that about 75% of the country's bondholders had agreed to swap their old debt for new at a loss of up to 70 cents in the dollar—also a record and one that Mr Kirchner has called “the biggest haircut in history” for investors."
— 2005 March 4, Ashley Seager, “Argentina says debt default is over”, in The Guardian:
"Something similar was happening at the same time in Greece. In the spring of 2012 Greece's public debt did, eventually, take a haircut, confirming that an unpayable debt will receive a haircut whatever the dogmas of European officials."
— 2016, Yanis Varoufakis, And the Weak Suffer What They Must? […] , Hachette UK, →ISBN:
"And there is a growing consensus that it is finally time for founders to swallow their pride, accept a huge haircut to valuation and help establish a new floor for their stock to start growing again, helping to encourage all the companies coming up behind them to do the same."
— 2024 March 16, Tabby Kinder, “Reddit IPO reveals reality check for Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend (Companies & Markets section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:
"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%."
— 2012, Samuel N. Cohen et al., editors, Stochastic Processes, Finance and Control […] , World Scientific, →ISBN, page 190:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After months of waiting, the stylist gave me a ____ with scissors.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He decided to get a short ____ for the summer to help him stay cool during the very hot and humid weather.