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sell v. to transfer possession and ownership goods or other property for money or something of equivalent value. (See: sale)

sell verb auction, barter, bring to market, deal in, dispose of for profit, divendere, drive a trade, effect a sale, exchange, furnish, give title to, handle, hawk, make a sale, market, merchandise, offer for sale, peddle, provide, put on sale, put up for sale, trade in, traffic in, transfer for a consideration, vend, vendere
See also: deal, handle, liquidate, persuade, trade, vend
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Three to four days' worth of average volume sold short is enough to provide kindling for a short squeeze bonfire.
A safe way to profit from a short squeeze by Jeff Clark, Growth Stock Wire / Stockhouse
The former director allegedly sold short a large amount of Eneserve shares around May 2006, anticipating that the company's stock would tumble because of the company's imminent announcement of a profit drop stemming from rising crude oil prices, the sources said.
LEAD: Ex-executive of listed company Eneserve probed over insider ... by Japan Weekly Monitor
The Fund will have additional costs associated with covering short positions and a possibility of unlimited loss if the Fund must cover a short position when the value of a stock sold short increases.
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