"short selling" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} short selling (uncountable)
  1. (commerce, finance) The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Finance Related terms: short sale, short, shorter, shorting, going short, selling short Translations (The practice of selling items or stock which one does not currently possess): venda en descobert [feminine] (Catalan), lyhyeksimyynti (Finnish), vente à découvert [feminine] (French), Leerverkauf [masculine] (German), shortolás (Hungarian), rövidre eladás (Hungarian), díol folamh [masculine] (Irish), vendita allo scoperto [feminine] (Italian), shortsalg [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), shorting [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), shorthandel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vìnnita scummigghiata [feminine] (Sicilian), venta corta [feminine] (Spanish), blankning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-short_selling-en-noun-EYxG3ivD Topics: business, commerce, finance

Verb

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  1. present participle and gerund of short sell Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: short sell
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          "word": "vendita allo scoperto"
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