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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

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

• French: vente à découvert (fr) f
• German: Leerverkauf (de) m
• Hungarian: shortolás, rövidre eladás
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• Norwegian:

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

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

Verb

short selling

1. present participle of short sell

Anagrams

• selling short