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Meanings of shorting in English

Russian
игра на понижение
Portuguese
short sell
Spanish
vender en corto
Catalan
venda en descobert

Practice of selling securities or other financial instruments that are not currently owned.

игра на понижение
Usage of shorting in English
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The order was transferred into the high-density power cell, shorting it out.
The Reality Dysfunction
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Meanwhile, other hedge fund managers have made money shorting JC Penney's stock.
Reuters
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The vibration had an edge, like a wire shorting inside a plug.
The coldest blood
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It already had a rule in place prohibiting the shorting of financial stocks.
Reuters
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We need to damage the refrigeration system without shorting out the entire unit.
Shadow zone
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He has started shorting consumer staples stocks Nestle, Unilever and Procter & Gamble.
Reuters
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The average stock has about 16 percent of available shares borrowed for shorting.
Reuters
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Barthelme told me the damaged sonic projector could indeed have been shorting intermittently.
My Name is Legion
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They short themselves, and end up shorting their performance as well.
Climbing Magazine
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Driven partly by its year-to-date gain, investors have been shorting Aiful.
Reuters
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I'm always robbing Peter to pay Paul, shorting one bill to pay another.
The Guardian
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Inmarsat had seen shorting of its stock increase ahead of earnings, Markit figures showed.
Reuters
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Nevertheless, shorting -betting on a lower price -could now come in useful.
Reuters
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But exchange data shows there has been no investor take-up of the shorting opportunity.
Reuters
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Or maybe the space aliens were just shorting the market.
Reuters
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Cuban finances the venture by shorting stock in the companies before the stories appear.
Wired