selling short
11Short selling — Establishing a market position by selling a security one does not own in anticipation of the price of that security falling. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * short selling short selling ➔ selling * * * The selling of instruments… …
12short selling — Establishing a market position by selling a security one does not own in anticipation of the price of that security falling. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * short selling short selling ➔ selling * * * The selling of instruments that are… …
13Short Selling — The selling of a security that the seller does not own, or any sale that is completed by the delivery of a security borrowed by the seller. Short sellers assume that they will be able to buy the stock at a lower amount than the price at which… …
14short-sell — /ʃɔt ˈsɛl/ (say shawt sel) verb (short sold, short selling) Stock Exchange –verb (t) 1. to sell (commodities or stocks) by short selling. –verb (i) 2. to engage in short selling. –short seller, noun …
15Short Sale — A market transaction in which an investor sells borrowed securities in anticipation of a price decline and is required to return an equal number of shares at some point in the future. The payoff to selling short is the opposite of a long position …
16short sale — noun sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) • Syn: ↑short selling • Hypernyms: ↑trading * * * an act or instance of selling short. [1865 70] * * * short sale noun A sale …
17short sale — an act or instance of selling short. [1865 70] * * * …
18short-selling — UK [ˌʃɔː(r)tˈselɪŋ] / US [ˌʃɔrtˈselɪŋ] or shorting UK / US noun [uncountable] economics the practice of selling borrowed securities and then buying them again at a lower price Derived word: short sell verb intransitive/transitive …
19short sale of securities — A short sale of securities is where the seller does not own the securities at the time of selling them, so is required to acquire them between the date of the bargain and the delivery date. A consequence of short selling can be that the dealer… …
20short selling — Selling commodities, securities, currencies, etc. , that one does not have. A short seller expects prices to fall so that the short sale can be covered at a profit before the goods have to be delivered. A short seller is a bear …
