Usually means: Selling borrowed stock to profit.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. short position: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. short position: Merriam-Webster
  3. short position: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. short position: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  5. short position: Dictionary.com
  6. Short position: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. short position: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. short position: Wiktionary

Business (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Short position: bizterms.net
  4. Short position: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  5. Short Position: Harvey Financial
  6. Short position: Moneyterms
  7. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  8. short position: Legal dictionary
  9. Short Position: Financial dictionary
  10. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  11. Short Position: WashingtonPost.com: Business
  12. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. short position: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (short position)

▸ noun:  (finance) A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will decrease in value.

Similar:
short selling, shorting, short sale, short stack, short term, short account, shortness, short line, short-run, shortchange, more...

Opposite:
long position, bullish position

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Similar:
short selling, shorting, short sale, short stack, short term, short account, shortness, short line, short-run, shortchange, more...

Opposite:
long position, bullish position



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