short selling

See also: short-selling

English

Noun

short selling (uncountable)

1. (commerce, finance) The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess.

Related terms

• short sale
• short
• shorter
• shorting
• going short
• selling short

Translations

The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess

• Catalan: venda en descobert f
• Finnish: lyhyeksimyynti
• French: vente à découvert (fr) f
• German: Leerverkauf (de) m
• Hungarian: shortolás, rövidre eladás
• Irish: díol folamh m
• Italian: vendita allo scoperto (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: shortsalg (no) n, shorting m or f, shorthandel m

• Sicilian: vìnnita scummigghiata f
• Spanish: venta corta f
• Swedish: blankning (sv) c

Verb

short selling

1. present participle and gerund of short sell

Anagrams

• selling short