| VERB | possession | sell short | sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price / price and thus to earn a profit |
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| cognition | sell short | underestimate the real value or ability of |
| Meaning | sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price / price and thus to earn a profit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
| Broader | sell | Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Meaning | underestimate the real value or ability of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | underestimate, underrate | make too low an estimate of |
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