short selling
Leerverkauf
The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possessThe practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess.
Leerverkauf
More definitions
- sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)
Translations
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By meaning 1
The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess:
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price):short sale
Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable