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Verb sell short has 2 senses

• sell short(v = verb.possession) Array - sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit; Array
is one way to sell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

• sell short(v = verb.cognition) Array - underestimate the real value or ability of; "Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge"
is one way to underestimate, underrate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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sell short

belittle, clear the trade, close out, convert, convert into cash, cut under, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, dump, effect a sale, job, liquidate, make a sale, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, market, merchandise, minimize, misestimate, misprize, move, resell, retail, sacrifice, sell, sell off, sell on consignment, sell out, sell over, sell retail, sell up, sell wholesale, set at naught, set little by, shrug off, terminate the account, think little of, think nothing of, turn into money, turn over, undercut, underestimate, underprize, underrate, underreckon, undersell, undervalue, unload, wholesale

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Stock Market

VB speculate, invest, trade, trade stocks, play the market, buy long, sell short, take a position, straddle, take a plunge, plunge in, take a flier.

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