short account

American  

noun

Finance.

1. the account of a short seller.

2. short interest.

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short account British  

noun

1. the aggregate of short sales on an open market, esp a stock market

2. the account of a stock-market speculator who sells short

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Etymology

Origin of short account

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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short account

The trial began with a reading of the indictment against Hanning and a short account of his personal details.

From Time ● Feb. 12, 2016

It is not an expansive account of a life but a short account of two days that the narrator spends teaching a writing seminar in Athens.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2014

Here's a suggestion: a short account, directed specifically to immigrants, of the history of the country they are aiming to join.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2013

A helpful end section offers a list of the museums where Bellows’s works can be seen, along with source notes, an index and a bibliography, unusual for such a short account.

From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2012

“Such is a short account of my contribution to this interesting branch of science, and, in the pleasure of the discovery, I have a sufficient reward.”

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John