short seller

short seller definition - finance
An investor who sells a stock, futures contract, or other security without owning it. A short seller makes a significant profit if the price of the security declines and he or she can buy it at a lower cost than what he or she sold it for, and thereby close out his or her position with a profit.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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