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shorting

USSHORT-ing/ˈʃoɹtɪŋ/SaySHAWT-ingUK/ˈʃɔːtɪŋ/AUS/ˈʃoːtɪŋ/

2 meanings of shorting

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of short. Use this -ing form for an action happening now.

    She is shorting the connection to drain the charge from the device.

    They spent the whole week shorting tech stocks for a quick profit.

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  2. 2
    noununcountable
    Selling borrowed shares now, hoping to buy them back later for less money.

    Like betting that a price will go down instead of up.

    Shorting carries big risk because a stock's price can keep rising.

    Heavy shorting of the company's shares showed how little traders trusted it.

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shorting is a form of short

short, verb: To make electricity flow the wrong way in a wire or machine, or to have this fault. Full entry

Forms
shortshorts he/she/itshorting -ing formshorted past tense, past participle
Spelling
short → shorting: add -ing

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