'sell short' definitions:
Definition of 'sell short'
From: WordNet
verb
Sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit
verb
Underestimate the real value or ability of; "Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge"
Synonyms of 'sell short'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- belittle,
- clear the trade,
- close out,
- convert,
- convert into cash,
- cut under,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- disparage,
- dump,
- effect a sale,
- job,
- liquidate,
- make a sale,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- market,
- merchandise,
- minimize,
- misestimate,
- misprize,
- move,
- resell,
- retail,
- sacrifice,
- sell,
- sell off,
- sell on consignment,
- sell out,
- sell over,
- sell retail,
- sell up,
- sell wholesale,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- shrug off,
- terminate the account,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- turn into money,
- turn over,
- undercut,
- underestimate,
- underprize,
- underrate,
- underreckon,
- undersell,
- undervalue,
- unload,
- wholesale