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Short Selling

nounid 125701·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 sale
plural
Short Sellings
possessive
Short Selling's
pluralpossessive
Short Sellings'

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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