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short position

short position noun: a financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will decrease in value.

Noun

short position (plural short positions)

  1. A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will decrease 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

short position meaning in Tamil

short position in Tamil

குறைவணிக நிலைப்பாடு

Forms of short position

pluralshort positions

Questions about short position

What does short position mean?
Short position means a financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will decrease in value.
What is short position in Tamil?
Short position in Tamil is குறைவணிக நிலைப்பாடு. See Short position meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is short position?
Short position is a noun.
What is the plural of short position?
The plural of short position is short positions.

Words near short position in the dictionary

  1. short period comet
  2. short period comets
  3. short plate
  4. short pocosin
  5. short pocosins
  6. short position
  7. short positions
  8. short posterior ciliary arteries
  9. short posterior ciliary artery
  10. short pull
  11. short pulls

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