"go short" meaning in English

See go short in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: goes short [present, singular, third-person], going short [participle, present], went short [past], gone short [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> short}} go short (third-person singular simple present goes short, present participle going short, simple past went short, past participle gone short)
  1. (UK, intransitive) To have an insufficient amount. [with of ‘something’] Tags: UK, intransitive
    Sense id: en-go_short-en-verb-lJTycX0W Categories (other): British English
  2. (finance) To sell a financial product (such as a share) now, even though one does not presently own it, in the hope of buying it more cheaply for delivery at a later date, so as to profit from a fall in price below the price at which one sold it; cf. go long. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-go_short-en-verb-ppecJSyq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Topics: business, finance

Inflected forms

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