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SHORT SELLING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does short selling mean?

• SHORT SELLING (noun)
The noun SHORT SELLING has 1 sense:

1. sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)

Familiarity information: SHORT SELLING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHORT SELLING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

short sale; short selling

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

trading (buying or selling securities or commodities)

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