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short seller — ➔ seller * * * short seller UK US noun [C] STOCK MARKET ► someone who sells shares that they have borrowed, hoping that their price will fall before they buy them back and return them to their owner, so that they make a profit: »Shares in the… … Financial and business terms
short seller — noun Etymology: short (I) + seller (after sell short) : one who makes a short sale * * * short selling. Finance. a person, as a speculator, who sells short. * * * short seller, a person who sells stocks or commodities … Useful english dictionary
short seller — short selling. Finance. a person, as a speculator, who sells short. * * * … Universalium
short seller — broker who sells securities that do not belong to him with the intention of buying them back after the price drops (thereby gaining a market advantage) … English contemporary dictionary
short selling — The practice of selling securities not owned by the seller in the hope that the price subsequently falls and they can then be bought back at a lower price. The seller may have borrowed the necessary securities on a temporary basis in order to… … Law dictionary
Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender … Wikipedia
seller — A person who takes a short futures position or grants (sells) a commodity option. An option seller is also called a marker, grantor, or granter, or writer. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary ( option) seller/grantor/writer Also known as the… … Financial and business terms
short — shortness, n. /shawrt/, adj., shorter, shortest, adv., n., v. adj. 1. having little length; not long. 2. having little height; not tall: a short man. 3. extending or reaching only a little way: a short path. 4. brief in duration; not extensive in … Universalium
short — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceort; akin to Old High German scurz short, Old Norse skortr lack Date: before 12th century 1. a. having little length b. not tall or high ; low 2. a. not extended in time … New Collegiate Dictionary
short account — noun 1. a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own) • Hypernyms: ↑account, ↑business relationship 2. the aggregate of short sales on an open market • Hypernyms: ↑index, ↑index number, ↑indicant, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
