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sell short
(encz) | sell short, v: |
sell short
(wn) | sell short
v 1: sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is
not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy
back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a
profit
2: underestimate the real value or ability of; "Don't sell your
students short--they are just shy and don't show off their
knowledge" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
To sell short
(gcide) | Short \Short\, adv.
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as,
to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
[1913 Webster]
He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for
such presumptuous language. --Howell.
[1913 Webster]
To sell short (Stock Exchange), to sell, for future
delivery, what the party selling does not own, but hopes
to buy at a lower rate.
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