short sell

A form of sell short — To engage in the process of short selling (selling a stock one does not own on the premise of the stock's price going down).

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Meanings

verbshort sell (third-person singular simple present short sells, present participle short selling, simple past and past participle short sold)

present singular third person short sells · participle present short selling · participle past short sold · past short sold

  1. alternativeAlternative form of sell short.
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short sell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20sell

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “short sell,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20sell.

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