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21short 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 …
22short — 1. n. a small drink of hard liquor or of beer. □ One short, bartender. □ I’ll have a short and a pack of cigarettes. 2. mod. having to do with a single drink of undiluted liquor. □ I’ll take mine short, innkeeper …
23short-change — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms short change : present tense I/you/we/they short change he/she/it short changes present participle short changing past tense short changed past participle short changed 1) informal to treat someone unfairly or …
24short ratio (or short interest ratio) — Number of shares of a security that investors have sold short divided by average daily volume of the security (measured over 30 days or 90 days). There are various interpretations of this ratio. When people short, it is usually (but not always)… …
25short ratio — Number of shares of a security that investors have sold short divided by average daily volume of the security (measured over 30 days or 90 days). There are various interpretations of this ratio. When people short, it is usually (but not always)… …
26short interest ratio — Number of shares of a security that investors have sold short divided by average daily volume of the security (measured over 30 days or 90 days). There are various interpretations of this ratio. When people short, it is usually (but not always)… …
27short-circuit — verb 1 (I, T) to have a short circuit or cause a short circuit in something 2 (T) to get something done without going through the usual long methods: I short circuited the whole process by a simple telephone call …
28Short (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) .… …
29Short-Term Investments — An account in the current assets section of a company s balance sheet. This account contains any investments that a company has made that will expire within one year. For the most part, these accounts contain stocks and bonds that can be… …
30short lease — /ʃɔ:t li:s/ noun a lease which runs for up to two or three years ● We have a short lease on our current premises …
