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.
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Also called short account, short position.
Origin of short interest
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Words nearby short interest
shorthold tenancy, Shorthorn, short-horned grasshopper, short hundredweight, shortie, short interest, short iron, shortish, short jenny, short-laid, shortleaf pine
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