sell short
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editsell short (third-person singular simple present sells short, present participle selling short, simple past and past participle sold short)
- (transitive, finance) 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).
- 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker[1], →ISSN:
- 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.
- Alternative form of sell oneself short
- To underestimate the value of something.
- Don't sell yourself short. You're better than most around here.
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editfinance: to engage in the process of short selling
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to sell oneself short — see sell oneself short
to underestimate the value of something — see underestimate