short

short: /ʃɔ:t/ adjective, adverb

1. for a small period of time

♦ in the short term in the near future or quite soon

♦ to borrow short to borrow for a short period

2. not as much as should be

● The shipment was three items short.

● My change was £2 short.

♦ when we cashed up we were £10 short we had £10 less than we should have had

♦ to give short weight to sell something which is lighter than it should be

♦ to be short of a stock not to have shares which you will need in the future (as opposed to being ‘long’ of a stock)

♦ to sell short, to go short to agree to sell at a future date something (such as shares) which you do not possess, but which you think you will be able to buy for less before the time comes when you have to sell them

■ verb

to sell short

● He shorted the stock at $35 and continued to short it as the price moved up.

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Synonyms:

Brief / Near, direct, straight / Compendious, succinct, concise, condensed, terse, pithy, sententious, laconic, curt, brief / Abrupt, sharp, pointed, petulant, curt, brief, severe, uncivil / Deficient, defective, inadequate, scanty, insufficient, imperfect / Narrow, limited, contracted / Lacking, wanting, destitute / Brittle, friable, crumbling / Crisp, Suddenly, abruptly, at once

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Short — Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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