"short sale" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: short sales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} short sale (plural short sales)
  1. (real estate) A property sale negotiated with a mortgage company in which a lender takes less than the total amount due. Categories (topical): Real estate Synonyms: short selling, short, shorting, going short, selling short Related terms: sell short
    Sense id: en-short_sale-en-noun-LJSrF3lP Topics: business, real-estate
  2. (investments) A sale of a third-party bond, share, or similar financial instrument that entails borrowing the asset together with a concurrent obligation to transfer its ownership to a subsequent buyer (or to the original seller) in the hope that the price will decrease before any loan must be repaid or relevant fees become due.
    Sense id: en-short_sale-en-noun-tRJXGYFf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 63 10
  3. (economics) A sale of a financial security, commodity, or other third-party asset that entails a contractual obligation to deliver the asset to a subsequent buyer at a specified date. Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-short_sale-en-noun-peC-fk5i Topics: economics, science, sciences

Inflected forms

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