Short Sale
nounid
125699·updated May 18, 2026verified
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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unclassified
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unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- short selling
- plural
- Short Sales
- possessive
- Short Sale's
- pluralpossessive
- Short Sales'
Framework definitions
- §1
- 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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