haircut

Meaning

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

To reduce the value assigned to an asset.

Synonyms

hairstyle

hairdo

coiffure

shearing

cut

shave

hairdressing

hair stylist

headdress

head-dress

incision

intersection

jump cut

peeling

plane section

pompadour

pruning

section

shear

surgery

scalp lock

haircut finance

hairdress

hairk

barbering

debt cut

clip

clipping

coif

cutback

cutting

hair style

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɛə(ɹ)kʌt/

Etymology

From hair + cut.