- sell short
- Finto sell commodities, currencies, or securities that one does not own in the expectation that prices will fall before delivery to the seller’s profit.
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sell short — v. To sell shares of stock or other commodities borrowed from someone else, intending to buy them back at a lower price later so as to make a profit and still be able to return the shares or their value to their original owner. n. short sale See… … Law dictionary
sell short — ► sell short fail to recognize or state the true value of. Main Entry: ↑sell … English terms dictionary
sell short — verb 1. 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 • Topics: ↑commerce, ↑commercialism, ↑mercantilism •… … Useful english dictionary
sell short — sell (someone/something) short to not appreciate the qualities of someone or something as much as they deserve. I think her presentation really sold Morocco short. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form sell yourself short not have reasonable… … New idioms dictionary
sell short — sell at a loss … English contemporary dictionary
sell short against the box (to) — In the stock market to sell borrowed shares while owning the same or similar shares that one delivers later to complete the transaction. ► “The most popular is to ‘sell short against the box.’ To do this, you arrange through a broker to sell… … American business jargon
sell short — Synonyms and related words: belittle, clear the trade, close out, convert, convert into cash, cut under, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, dump, effect a sale, job, liquidate, make a sale, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, market,… … Moby Thesaurus
sell short — {v.} To think (a person or thing) less good or valuable than is true; underestimate. * /Don t sell the team short; the players are better than you think./ * /Some teachers sold John short./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sell short — {v.} To think (a person or thing) less good or valuable than is true; underestimate. * /Don t sell the team short; the players are better than you think./ * /Some teachers sold John short./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sell\ short — v To think (a person or thing) less good or valuable than is true; underestimate. Don t sell the team short; the players are better than you think. Some teachers sold John short … Словарь американских идиом
sell short — idi bus a) bus to sell stocks at a high price without actually possessing them, expecting to cover them later at a lower price and keeping the price difference as profit b) to disparage or underestimate … From formal English to slang
