English Explanatory Dictionary

haircut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.
  2. The style into which the hair is cut.
  3. 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.
  4. The difference between the value of a loan and the value of its collateral.
verb
  1. To reduce the value assigned to an asset.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛə(ɹ)kʌt/ en-us-haircut.ogg

Word forms

haircut haircuts hair cut haircutting haircutted

Etymology

From hair + cut.

Synonyms

hairstyle margin

Related words

haircutter haircutting have one's ears lowered tonsorial tonsure

Derived words

bob haircut bowl haircut broccoli haircut can I speak to the manager haircut Chelsea haircut crock haircut haircut band haircutted I want to speak to the manager haircut Karen haircut meet me at McDonald's haircut mushroom haircut never ask the barber if you need a haircut not here for a haircut pudding basin haircut shave and a haircut two-block haircut
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