short selling (also shorting) noun [U]

(Finance ; Stock Exchange )

the act of selling or agreeing to sell shares, currencies, etc. that you do not yet own, hoping that the price will fall and you will make a profit by buying them later at a lower price:

Some stock is difficult to borrow for short-selling transactions.

Short selling is by far the most popular way of making money out of falling markets.

short seller noun [C]

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