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The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: business, commerce, finance
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
present participle and gerund of short sell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: short sale
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trading
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
venda en descobert
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Finnish:
lyhyeksimyynti
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Finnish:
ylimyynti
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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French:
vente à découvert
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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German:
Leerverkauf
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Hungarian:
shortolás
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Hungarian:
rövidre eladás
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Indonesian:
jual kosong
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Irish:
díol folamh
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Italian:
vendita allo scoperto
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Norwegian Bokmål:
shortsalg
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Norwegian Bokmål:
shorting
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Norwegian Bokmål:
shorthandel
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Sicilian:
vìnnita scummigghiata
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Spanish:
venta corta
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
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Swedish:
blankning
— The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess
