short sale (English, noun)
expansion: short sale (plural short sales)
Senses:
topics: business
real-estate
glosses: A property sale negotiated with a mortgage company in which a lender takes less than the total amount due.
qualifier: investments
glosses: A sale of a third-party bond, share, or similar financial instrument that entails borrowing the asset together with a concurrent obligation to transfer its ownership to a subsequent buyer (or to the original seller) in the hope that the price will decrease before any loan must be repaid or relevant fees become due.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A sale of a financial security, commodity, or other third-party asset that entails a contractual obligation to deliver the asset to a subsequent buyer at a specified date.
Forms:
form: short sales
tags: plural