SHORT SALE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

short sale; short selling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

trading (buying or selling securities or commodities)

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