short interest
noun Finance.
the total amount by which a single seller or all sellers are short in a particular stock or commodity or in the market as a whole.
Words nearby short interest
short gyrus of insula, short hairs, short haul, short head, short hundredweight, short interest, short iron, short jenny, short leg, short line, short list
Origin of short interest
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Also called short account, short position.
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