short account

/ʃɔrt əˌkaʊnt/
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Other forms: short accounts

Definitions of short account
  1. noun
    a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own)
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    type of:
    account, business relationship
    a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
  2. noun
    the aggregate of short sales on an open market
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    type of:
    index, index number, indicant, indicator
    a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time
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