Short Sale Definition

noun
A sale of securities or commodities which the seller does not yet have but expects to cover later at a lower price.
Webster's New World
An investment in an exchange-traded fund or derivative security whose performance is inversely related to that of a particular index.
American Heritage

(real estate) A property sale negotiated with a mortgage company in which a lender takes less than the total amount due.

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Noun

Singular:
short sale
Plural:
short-sales

Short Sale Sentence Examples

  • If you can find a home in pre-foreclosure, you may be able to negotiate a short sale with the seller, getting perhaps an even better deal and avoiding some of the potential red tape associated with a formal foreclosure sale.

  • They were forced to accept a short sale of their house, losing a rumored $600,000 in the process.

  • After they split the couple was forced to accept a short sale on their house, in which they lost a rumored $600,000.

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