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sell short is a verb 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 and thus to earn a profit". It carries 2 recorded senses.
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 and thus to earn a profit
commerce
underestimate the real value or ability of
“Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sell short come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.