sell against the box

verb

To sell stock that one owns, but deliver stock acquired elsewhere, so that one is effectively selling short and protecting oneself from a fall in the stock.

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Meanings

verbsell against the box (third-person singular simple present sells against the box, present participle selling against the box, simple past and past participle sold against the box)

present singular third person sells against the box · participle present selling against the box · participle past sold against the box · past sold against the box

  1. businessTo sell stock that one owns, but deliver stock acquired elsewhere, so that one is effectively selling short and protecting oneself from a fall in the stock.

    Mr. ROCKEFELLER. The large holdings I think I sold back in 1925 or 1926. Mr. Gray. Did you sell against the box then?

    1932, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, Stock Exchange Practices: Hearings Before the Committee, page 332
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