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Chloee Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Short hand

We use business cycle synchronization as a short hand for business cycle transmission.

What does 'short hand' mean in this case? I have been trying to google 'short hand', but I only get the results for 'shorthand' i.e. a way of writing.

Thank you!
  

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Hi, The intended word is ' shorthand ', meaning an abbreviated form of expressing something. 'Shorthand' is also the name of a system of abbrebviated writng, although this system is not used a lot in modern times. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, The intended word is ' shorthand ', meaning an abbreviated form of expressing something.
  • 'Shorthand' is also the name of a system of abbrebviated writng, although this system is not used a lot in modern times.
  • Clive
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Hi,

The intended word is 'shorthand', meaning an abbreviated form of expressing something.

'Shorthand' is also the name of a system of abbrebviated writng, although this system is not used a lot in modern times.

Clive
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