sell short

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

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sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit

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Variants

4 surface forms

pasttense: selled short
presentparticiple: selling short
thirdpersonsingular: sells short
pastparticiple: selled short

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