sell short

phrase

1

: to make a short sale

2

: to fail to value properly : underestimate

Examples of sell short in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

About 206 million SpaceX shares are now sold short, representing roughly 32% of the company's publicly tradable float and about $25 billion in notional bearish bets, according to estimates from S3 Partners. — Yun Li, CNBC, 21 July 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

Rhymes for sell short

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• disport
• distort
• escort
• exhort