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).

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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