Short Selling
nounid
125701·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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Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- short sale
- plural
- Short Sellings
- possessive
- Short Selling's
- pluralpossessive
- Short Sellings'
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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