to sell short

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• sell short — v. To sell shares of stock or other commodities borrowed from someone else, intending to buy them back at a lower price later so as to make a profit and still be able to return the shares or their value to their original owner. n. short sale See… …   Law dictionary

• sell short — ► sell short fail to recognize or state the true value of. Main Entry: ↑sell …   English terms dictionary

• sell short — verb 1. 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 • Topics: ↑commerce, ↑commercialism, ↑mercantilism •… …   Useful english dictionary

• sell short against the box (to) —  In the stock market to sell borrowed shares while owning the same or similar shares that one delivers later to complete the transaction.  ► “The most popular is to ‘sell short against the box.’ To do this, you arrange through a broker to sell… …   American business jargon

• To sell short — Short Short, adv. In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one s course; to turn short. [1913 Webster] He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sell short — sell (someone/something) short to not appreciate the qualities of someone or something as much as they deserve. I think her presentation really sold Morocco short. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form sell yourself short not have reasonable… …   New idioms dictionary

• sell short — sell at a loss …   English contemporary dictionary

• sell short — Synonyms and related words: belittle, clear the trade, close out, convert, convert into cash, cut under, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, dump, effect a sale, job, liquidate, make a sale, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, market,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sell short — {v.} To think (a person or thing) less good or valuable than is true; underestimate. * /Don t sell the team short; the players are better than you think./ * /Some teachers sold John short./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• sell short — {v.} To think (a person or thing) less good or valuable than is true; underestimate. * /Don t sell the team short; the players are better than you think./ * /Some teachers sold John short./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• sell\ short — v To think (a person or thing) less good or valuable than is true; underestimate. Don t sell the team short; the players are better than you think. Some teachers sold John short …   Словарь американских идиом