Definition of "short-run" [short-run]

• Relating to or extending over a limited period (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Elected officials too often ignore long-run costs to achieve short-run benefits."
• "Excess capacity in the private sector, most importantly in the job market, is still the biggest problem we face, and given the cost of capital right now, the best way to both reduce unemployment and the short-run deficit is to grow faster."
• "Food crises hit the poor doubly hard—through their short-run hunger and their long-run loss of opportunities and hope."