short selling shortschat • short session · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · short selling · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 13 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price). Synonyms: short sale, short selling. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · short sale · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074