The longer period, dealing with more than the short-term effects or concerns.

Alternative spelling of short-term

The near future; a comparatively brief time period starting with the present moment (or other time of reference); the time in which immediate needs and goals are relevant.

(information science) A term discouraged by a controlled vocabulary in favor of its authorized synonym, such as pitch in favor of frequency.

(metadata) A word or a combination of words that semantically represent the data type (value domain) of a data element, such as the suffix "ID" for the data element "PersonID", the suffix "Name" for "PersonGivenName" and "PersonFamilyName" and "Date" for "PersonBirthDate".

(information science) A term prescribed by a controlled vocabulary as the one preferable to its synonyms, such as frequency preferable to pitch.

(information science) A term that captures the essence of the topic of a document, used as keyword to retrieve documents in an information system, for instance a catalog or a search engine.

(sociology) A word or phrase that is used for othering; a term that serves to identify someone or something as other than the speaker.

(insurance) Life insurance that pays out a lump sum benefit on the death of the life assured within the term of the policy, and nothing on survival to the end of the term.

(logic) The term of a syllogism that appears in both the major premise and the minor premise, but not in the conclusion.