short account

noun Finance.

the account of a short seller.

short interest.

Origin of short account

First recorded in 1900–05

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British Dictionary definitions for short account

short account

noun

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

the account of a stock-market speculator who sells short

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