Word.ws English Dictionary

sold against the box

sold against the box is the simple past and past participle of sell against the box.

Meaning of sell against the box

Verb

sell against the box (third-person singular simple present sells against the box, present participle selling against the box, simple past and past participle sold against the box)

  1. To sell stock that one owns, but deliver stock acquired elsewhere, so that one is effectively selling short and protecting oneself from a fall in the stock.
    • Mr. ROCKEFELLER. The large holdings I think I sold back in 1925 or 1926.
      Mr. Gray. Did you sell against the box then?1932, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, Stock Exchange Practices: Hearings Before the Committee, page 332

Questions about sold against the box

What is sold against the box the simple past and past participle of?
Sold against the box is the simple past and past participle of sell against the box.

Words near sold against the box in the dictionary

  1. solayamocinoside
  2. Solchenberger
  3. solcoseryl
  4. sold
  5. sold again and got the money
  6. sold against the box
  7. sold away
  8. sold bargains
  9. sold by the candle
  10. sold coal to Newcastle
  11. sold coals to Newcastle

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sold against the box (page history and authors); sell against the box (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “sold against the box.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sold_against_the_box. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.