short selling

See also: short-selling

English

Noun

short selling (uncountable)

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

Related terms

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

present participle and gerund of short sell

Anagrams

selling short

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