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Short selling

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess. uncountable
  2. 2
    sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of short sell form-of, gerund, participle, present

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