(alsolong gilts);(long-dated gilts);(long-term gilts)UKgovernmentbondsthat will bepaidback more than 15yearsin thefuture:Switching thedebtinto longer-termpaperwouldboostthesupplyof longs andpushdownprices.LIFFE'sfuturescontractforlonggiltsis one of the ten mostheavilytradedcontractsin theworld.shares,bonds, etc. that aninvestoriskeepingandplanningtosellat aprofitwhen thepricerises:Thestockmovedup and downsharplyas a tug-of-wargamewasplayedout between theshortsand the longs.CompareshortsSee alsolong position(Definition oflongsfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflongs
longsWill her goodness be able to transform the evil in the family where shelongsto belong?FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His heartlongsto play soccer and when he gets the chance to he gets all fired up.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the years pass the boy, now 13,longsto go to sea like his father, and runs away to join him.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Helongsto be a music composer, and sets out to accomplish that dream.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fatherlongsfor the farm they left behind when they came to the city seeking a better life.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each row is 1longsseat, so it is possible to squeeze 3 small people into the seat.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Though he has adapted to this life, sometimes helongsfor the ordinary life of other boys, which seems impossible for him.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a girl she hates dresses, wants to cut her hair short, andlongsto be a boy.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All that is all right, but a child still needs that love and attention which helongsfor, yet doesn't get.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/longs##
