| 单词 | to sell short |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sell short 11. to sell short: (a) to effect a sale of stock or goods which the seller does not at the time possess, but hopes to buy at a lower price before the time fixed for delivery; (b) figurative to undervalue; to belittle. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > sell more than is available to sell short1852 oversell1870 society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > sell in specific manner retail1365 tap1478 retaliate1640 outsella1687 wholesale1792 to sell short1852 hustle1887 brand1909 oversell1928 package1946 soft-sell1958 test-market1958 mass-market1959 sales-drive1962 bundle1969 cross-sell1972 up-market1972 onsell1979 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (transitive)] > specific operations subscribe1618 to take up1655 to sell out1721 to take in1721 to take up1740 pool?1780 capitalize1797 put1814 feed1818 to vote (the) stock (or shares)1819 corner1836 to sell short1852 promote1853 recapitalize1856 refund1857 float1865 water1865 margin1870 unload1870 acquire1877 maintain1881 syndicate1882 scalp1886 pyramid1888 underwrite1889 oversubscribe1891 joint-stock1894 wash1895 write1908 mark1911 split1927 marry1931 stag1935 unwind1958 short1959 preplace1966 unitize1970 bed and breakfast1974 index-link1974 warehouse1977 daisy-chain1979 strip1981 greenmail1984 pull1986 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 disprize1480 misprize1483 to make light of1526 extenuate1529 to make the worst ofc1530 seclude?1531 to take (also wrest) to the worst1531 deprisec1550 disparagea1556 undermatch1571 embase1577 underbid1593 underprize1600 underpoise1602 undervalue1611 minorize1615 underspeak1635 underthink1646 underrate1650 minify1676 under-measure1682 underpraise1698 sneeze1806 understate1824 disappreciate1828 under-estimatea1850 minimize1866 to play down1869 worsen1885 to sell short1936 downplay1948 underplay1949 lowball1979 minimalize1979 1852 Hunt's Merchants' Mag. 26 738 The writer of the Aurora phillipic complains of the practice of ‘selling short’. 1861 Evening Post 12 Apr. in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. I. iii. 27/2 When one of the members of the Board offered to sell Government Stock ‘short’ on time, he was instantly hissed down. 1872 T. De W. Talmage Abominations of Mod. Soc. 116 He hears that a brother broker has sold ‘short’. 1881 Daily News 1 Mar. 5/1 A speculator will sell bacon ‘short’. 1883 Cent. Mag. July 329/1 When crude oil..goes down to fifty cents, times are hard, and nobody wears a cheerful face save the speculators who have sold ‘short’. 1902 H. L. Wilson Spenders xxxiv. 405 A few large holders, reputed to enjoy inside information, were said to have put their stock aside and ‘sold short’ in the knowledge of what was coming. 1912 Q. Rev. July 103 The ‘bear’ is a man who, expecting a fall to take place in a certain security, sells short of it. 1936 B. Spewack & S. Spewack Boy meets Girl i. 35 Larry: You can't act with a baby. They steal every scene—Law: Are you selling motherhood short? 1959 Times 1 Sept. 3/5 Brown, the man who knocked out the present British featherweight champion..has been sold short before. 1972 Guardian 21 June 1/2 Who, throughout the Labour Government, spent his time ‘selling sterling short’ in speeches both at home and abroad? 1974 J. Cleary Peter's Pence x. 281 Domine, non sum dignus... Martin would always sell himself short. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Oct. 1194/5 It is poetry that is being sold short by such determined efforts to be funny and clever. < as lemmas |
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