"short position" meaning in English

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          "text": "Coordinate term: long position"
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          "ref": "2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN",
          "text": "Among the bets the Pure Alpha fund placed last year were long positions in Treasury bonds, the Japanese yen, and gold, and short positions in the euro and European sovereign debt.",
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        "A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will decrease in value."
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        "(finance) A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will decrease in value."
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          "word": "krátká pozice"
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        "(finance) A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will decrease in value."
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