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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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Short Selling "; it means betting against the future success of a company To sell short you would borrow and sell shares of a company, you believe is doomed, at the present value with the hope that you will buy and return these shares in the future when the price is lower For those not familiar with the term, ?
Short Selling the United States by Mohamed Abdelrahman / Politics community
Instead of buying call options, you could sell short put options thereby pocketing the entire amount you made on selling the put options if the stock should go up.
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CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, claimed it was the first time a brewery or pub group had admitted encouraging landlords to sell short measures.
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