short sale
noun
an act or instance of selling short.
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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Origin of short sale
First recorded in 1865–70
Words nearby short sale
short-range, short rate, short ribs, short-run, shorts, short sale, short seller, short selling, short-sheet, short short story, short shrift
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