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SHORT ACCOUNT

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• SHORT ACCOUNT (noun)
The noun SHORT ACCOUNT has 2 senses:

1. a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own)
2. the aggregate of short sales on an open market

Familiarity information: SHORT ACCOUNT used as a noun is rare.

• SHORT ACCOUNT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("short account" is a kind of...):

account; business relationship (a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The aggregate of short sales on an open market

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("short account" is a kind of...):

index; index number; indicant; indicator (a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time)

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