Usually means: Selling borrowed stock to profit.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word short selling:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. short selling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. short selling: Merriam-Webster
  3. short selling: Collins English Dictionary
  4. short selling: Vocabulary.com
  5. Short-Selling, Short-selling, short-selling: Wordnik
  6. short-selling, short selling: Wiktionary
  7. short selling: Dictionary.com
  8. Short Selling, Short-selling, Short selling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. short selling: Rhymezone
  10. short selling: FreeDictionary.org
  11. short selling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. short selling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Short selling: bizterms.net
  3. Short selling: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  4. Short selling: Harvey Financial
  5. Short selling: Moneyterms
  6. short selling: Finance-Glossary.com
  7. Short Selling: Management Dictionary
  8. Short Selling: Investopedia
  9. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  10. Short Selling: Financial dictionary
  11. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  12. Short selling: WashingtonPost.com: Business

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Definitions from Wiktionary (short selling)

▸ noun:  (commerce, finance) The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess.

Similar:
short sale, shorting, sell-off, short position, shadow trading, selloff, in-and-out trading, sell-through, stockjobbing, sellback, more...

Opposite:
long position, buying, going long

Phrases:
Naked short selling, more...

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Similar:
short sale, shorting, sell-off, short position, shadow trading, selloff, in-and-out trading, sell-through, stockjobbing, sellback, more...

Opposite:
long position, buying, going long

Phrases:
Naked short selling, more...



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