Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short-selling

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables
short--selling
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of short-sell

Questions

What does short-selling mean?
present participle and gerund of short-sell

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