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Short Sale

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: short selling
plural: Short Sales
possessive: Short Sale's
pluralpossessive: Short Sales'

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