sell short

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To engage in the process of short selling (selling a stock one does not own on the premise of the stock's price going down). transitive
    — George Soros famously did this in 1992—selling short some ten billion dollars’ worth of sterling. A few years ago, John Paulson wagered hugely against U.S. mortgage bonds and made several billion dollars.
  2. To underestimate the value of something; to understate its value. reflexive,sometimes,transitive
    — Near-synonym: undersell

词形变化

sells short present,singular,third-person selling short participle,present sold short participle,past sold short past short sell alternative short-sell alternative short alternative
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