short sale
noun
Simple meaning
A sale of a third-party bond.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈʃɔɹtˈseɪl
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
investments
A sale of a third-party bond, share, or similar financial instrument that entails borrowing the asset together with a concurrent obligation to transfer its ownership to a subsequent buyer (or to the original seller) in the hope that the price will decrease before any loan must be repaid or relevant fees become due.
real estate
A property sale negotiated with a mortgage company in which a lender takes less than the total amount due.
economics
A sale of a financial security, commodity, or other third-party asset that entails a contractual obligation to deliver the asset to a subsequent buyer at a specified date.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: (investments) A sale of a third-party bond, share, or similar financial instrument that entails borrowing the asset together with a concurrent obligation to transfer its ownership to a subsequent buyer (or to the original seller) in the hope that the price will decrease before any loan must be repaid or relevant fees become due.
Used this way, short sale is a specialist word with a clearly warm, approving pull. This is a financial use: it has a settled meaning in accounting and business, where precision matters more than colour.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Hopeful and forward-looking
- Usage feel
- Clinical and detached
Where it naturally appears
- Finance/economics
- Business/professional
- Ethics/values
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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