short-sell
71short seller — noun Etymology: short (I) + seller (after sell short) : one who makes a short sale * * * short selling. Finance. a person, as a speculator, who sells short. * * * short seller, a person who sells stocks or commodities …
72short — Not extensive in length, whether of distance or time. The condition of one who has sold short. Lacking funds, particularly funds which one should have according to a record or book of account. The word short may not always impute dishonesty or… …
73short position — A short position may be created when an investor borrows a stock in order to sell it, figuring the price of the stock will decline. The investor is in a short position until he purchases stock to repay the lender. See short sale …
74Short (or Short Position) — 1. The sale of a borrowed security, commodity or currency with the expectation that the asset will fall in value. 2. In the context of options, it is the sale (also known as writing ) of an options contract. Opposite of long (or long position) .… …
75Short Date Forward — A forward exchange contract involving two parties that agree upon a set price to sell/buy an asset at a dated time in the future. A short date forward involves trading a currency at a specified spot date that is before the normal spot date.… …
76short hedge — also: selling hedge Selling futures contracts to protect against possible declining prices of commodities that will be sold in the future. At the time the cash commodities are sold, the open futures position is closed by purchasing an equal… …
77short exempt — Used for listed equity securities. A special trading situation where a short sale is allowed on a minus tick. The owners of a convertible trading at parity can sell the equivalent amount of common short on a minus tick, assuming they have the… …
78sell someone/thing short — fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something. → sell …
79sell 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 …
80sell short — phrasal 1. to make a short sale 2. to fail to value properly ; underestimate …
