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short positions

short positions is the plural of short position.

Meaning of short position

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

Questions about short positions

What is short positions the plural of?
Short positions is the plural of short position.

Words near short positions in the dictionary

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

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