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sell
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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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If you sell short on a stock at, say, $25 per share and then close your position once the stock drops to $15, you'd have a $10-per-share profit.
Again, either sell the position and focus on reowning in the 2006 contract or sell short calls to pay you something for storing.
 
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