haircut
v. phr.— «When individuals or businesses go bankrupt, banks are forced to take what bankers euphemistically call “a haircut.”» —“Writing off the debt” by Salil Tripathi Guardian (U.K.) July 8, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
haircut
v. phr.— «When individuals or businesses go bankrupt, banks are forced to take what bankers euphemistically call “a haircut.”» —“Writing off the debt” by Salil Tripathi Guardian (U.K.) July 8, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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