sell short
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20193·updated Jun 3, 2026verified
sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit
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Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
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Automation
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Variants
- pasttense
- selled short
- presentparticiple
- selling short
- thirdpersonsingular
- sells short
- pastparticiple
- selled short
Framework definitions
- §1
- underestimate the real value or ability of
- §2
- sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit
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