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Shoebillnounlarge stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoeverified
Shoebirdnounlarge stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoeverified
Shoeblack PlantnounMWElarge showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowersverified
Shoeboxnouna structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building or a cramped room or compartment)verified
Shoemaker's LastnounMWEholding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoesverified
Shoestring FungusnounMWEany of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the roots of some trees such as apples or maplesverified
Shogunatenouna form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)verified
Shooflynouna child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck)verified
Shooternoun(sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)verified
Shooting PreservenounMWEa preserve on which hunting is permitted during certain months of the yearverified
Shooting StarnounMWEa streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explodeverified
Shooting SticknounMWEdevice that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seatverified
Shop StewardnounMWEa union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with managementverified
Shop TalknounMWEtalk about your business that only others in the same business can understandverified
Shoppernouna commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs herverified
Shopping CenternounMWEmercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisersverified
Shopping CentrenounMWEmercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisersverified
Shopping MallnounMWEmercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisersverified
Shopwalkernounan employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problemsverified
Short AccountnounMWEa brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own)verified
Short CircuitnounMWEaccidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential differenceverified
Short CoveringnounMWEthe purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short saleverified
Short DivisionnounMWEthe operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them outverified
Short Gastric ArterynounMWEseveral small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomachverified
Short ListnounMWEa list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosenverified
Short positionnounMWEIn respect of a currency balance that is less than zero, the amount by which such currency balance is less than zero. An investment position that benefits from a decline in market price. When one sells a currency their position is short.MetricRegulated
Short position limitnounMWEIn respect of an eligible currency, the maximum short position a Settlement Member may have at any time in that eligible currency and, unless otherwise reduced pursuant to the CLS Bank Rules, shall equal (i) the total amount of all available committed liquidity facilities in such eligible currency (or such lesser amount that CLS Bank may determine from time to time) minus (ii) the amount of the largest available committed liquidity facility among such liquidity facilities (after taking into account any amounts already drawn.RequirementRegulated
Short SalenounMWEsale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller, who hopes to buy them back later at a lower priceverified
Short SellingnounMWEsale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)verified