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SELL SHORT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Underestimate the real value or ability of
Example:
Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "sell short" is one way to...):
underestimate; underrate (make too low an estimate of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "sell short" is one way to...):
sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
