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long positions

long positions is the plural of long position.

Meaning of long position

Noun

long position (plural long positions)

  1. A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will increase in value.
    • Among the bets the Pure Alpha fund placed last year were long positions in Treasury bonds, the Japanese yen, and gold, and short positions in the euro and European sovereign debt.2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN

Questions about long positions

What is long positions the plural of?
Long positions is the plural of long position.

Words near long positions in the dictionary

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  2. long polling
  3. Long Pond
  4. long pork
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  9. long pot
  10. Long Prairie
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