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Definition of Short selling
1. Noun. Sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price).
Definition of Short selling
1. Noun. (context: commerce finance) The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Short Selling
Literary usage of Short selling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"Action, however, was taken by this Exchange to supervise short-selling. Owing to
allegations that "bear" operators were primarily responsible for the ..."
2. Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting by American Economic Association (1915)
"Q. Do yon approve of short selling in others? A. Under what conditions? ...
And is it or not the fact that the bulk of the short selling is done In a normal ..."
3. The Value of Organized Speculation by Harrison Hardy Brace (1913)
"short selling "short selling" occurs whenever a party sells something for future
delivery which he does not own at the time when the sale is made. ..."
4. Corporation Finance: An Exposition of the Principles and Methods Governing by William Henry Lough (1909)
"... that it is absolutely safe—a statement which cannot be applied to the method
next to be considered." 195. Cashing the privilege.—"short selling. ..."
5. The New York Stock Exchange: A Discussion of the Business Done, Its Relation by H. S. Martin (1919)
"There is no phase of speculation A Short Sale which induces as much interest as
of "short selling." It has been dis- Merchandise cussed by many people, ..."
6. The Value of Organized Speculation by Harrison Hardy Brace (1913)
"Short Setting "short selling" occurs whenever a party sells something • for future
... short selling."
7. Organised Produce Markets by John George Smith (1922)
"CHAPTER X THE INFLUENCE OF SPECULATION UPON PRICES REASONS have already been
given in support of the assertion that short-selling steadies prices, ..."
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