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SHORT SALE
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I. (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)
Synonyms:
short sale; short selling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("short sale" is a kind of...):
trading (buying or selling securities or commodities)
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