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SHORT SALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does short sale mean? 

SHORT SALE (noun)
  The noun SHORT SALE has 1 sense:

1. sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)play

  Familiarity information: SHORT SALE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHORT SALE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

short sale; short selling

Hypernyms ("short sale" is a kind of...):

trading (buying or selling securities or commodities)


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