midterm, mid-term/mediumt term

midterm Show phonetics
adjective
in the middle of the period when a government is in office:
The governing party usually does badly in midterm by-elections.

midterm Show phonetics
noun [U]
US FOR half term

half term noun [C usually singular]
in the UK, a short holiday in the middle of each of the three periods into which the school year is divided

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

mid・term

━━ n., a. 〔米〕 （学期などの）中間の; 〔話〕 中間試験.
midterm election　〔米〕 中間選挙.
midterm exam　中間試験.




建議使用mediumt term
in the long/medium/short term
for a long, medium or short period of time in the future:
Taking this decision will cost us more in the short term, but will be beneficial in the long term.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Money Talks | 27.02.2008 | 04:30

Foreign Firms Invest In German Private Universities

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Would you pay for a guaranteed seat in class?

Over the last 10 years, Germany has seen a boom in the number of private universities. These institutions have now caught the eye -- and wallet -- of foreign investors.

Laureate, an American higher education investment firm, has bought into the Business and Information Technology School, BiTS, in Iserlohn. It is the first of the 70 private universities to get foreign funding. Laureate expects the school to make money in the mid-term 介於短期與長期之間(建議 用 IN THE MEDIUM TERM) , partially because more and more students are discovering that investing in their future can have a significant payoff.

Report: Matthew Reardon