short sale

English

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.
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.
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.

Synonyms

• short selling
• short
• shorting
• going short
• selling short

Related terms

• sell short

Translations

property sale negotiated with a mortgage company in which a lender takes less than the total amount due

sale of a security that one does not own, delivery obligation met by borrowing the security from another owner — see short selling

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