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Short Sale

nounid 125699·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

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

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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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
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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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