short selling

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short selling

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) Finance the practice of selling commodities, securities, currencies, etc. that one does not have in the expectation that falling prices will enable one to buy them in at a profit before they have to be delivered

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short selling - sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)

short sale

trading - buying or selling securities or commodities

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