short selling

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Noun

short selling (uncountable)

1. (commerce, finance) The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess.

Related terms

• short sale
• short#Noun
• shorter#Noun
• shorting
• go short
• sell short

Translations

• French: vente à découvert
• German: Leerverkauf
• Spanish: venta corta

Verb

1. present participle of short sell#English|short sell

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