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SHORT COVERING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does short covering mean?
• SHORT COVERING (noun)
The noun SHORT COVERING has 1 sense:
1. the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale
Familiarity information: SHORT COVERING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("short covering" is a kind of...):
trading (buying or selling securities or commodities)
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