perıod

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(Sigorta) short
brittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrust
shortstop

Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.

To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short
With a negative ownership position

We went short most finance companies in July.

To shortchange
A position S in Sylver Coinage is short if g(S) is prime and S/g(S) is a quiet ender See long
Brittle
relatively close to the batsman
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"
See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, §§22, 30
(noun) One who has sold futures contracts or plans to purchase a cash commodity (verb) Selling futures contracts or initiating a cash forward contract sale without offsetting a particular market position
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question
A summary account
and To sell short, under Short, adv
low in stature; not tall; "his was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"
A word or phrase that can be said or written in less time to represent another word or phrase
clean across; "the car's axle snapped short"
Jargon for sale of a stock, option, or other security that the seller does not actually own If you sell shares of a stock that you don't own but rather borrowed, you are said to have a "short position" or to "be short" that stock See also long
unwilling to endure; "she was short with the slower students"
perıod

    Hyphenation

    pe·rı·od

    Etymology

    [ pir-E-&d ] (noun.) circa 1530. From Middle English periode from Middle French periode from Medieval Latin periodus from Latin periodus from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos) "circuit, period of time, path around" from περί- (peri-) "around" + ὁδός (hodós) "way". Displaced native Middle English tide "interval, period, season" (from Old English tīd "time, period, season"), Middle English elde "age, period" (from Old English eldo, ieldo "age, period of time").
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