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Sell short

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  1. 1
    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). transitive

    "George Soros famously did this in 1992—selling short some ten billion dollars’ worth of sterling. A few years ago, John Paulson wagered hugely against U.S. mortgage bonds and made several billion dollars."

  2. 2
    underestimate the real value or ability of wordnet
  3. 3
    To underestimate the value of something; to understate its value. reflexive, sometimes, transitive

    "Near-synonym: undersell"

  4. 4
    sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit wordnet

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