Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go short

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.25 in modern English

Syllables
go short
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have an insufficient amount.

British usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To sell a financial product (such as a share) now, even though one does not presently own it, in the hope of buying it more cheaply for delivery at a later date, so as to profit from a fall in price below the price at which one sold it; cf. go long.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

goes short (present, singular) going short (participle, present) went short (past) gone short (participle, past)

Questions

What does go short mean?
To have an insufficient amount.

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