sell short

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1
: to make a short sale
2
: to fail to value properly : underestimate

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About 17% of shares available for trading were sold short heading into the earnings results, according to FactSet. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 Every investment must remain attractive from today’s price, not from the price at which it was originally purchased or sold short. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sell short

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sell out
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sell (someone) on
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