short selling
Word of the Day Wednesday, 19th November 2008
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noun, 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
- 1) noun, 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
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008
© HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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