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1. Short
   [crater] Short is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern regions of the Moon, on the near side. It lies just to the south of the larger, prominent crater Moretus, and northeast of Newton. This crater lies across an older crater designated Short B. Only the eroded southeastern ...
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2. Short
   One who has sold a contract to establish a market position and who has not yet closed out this position through an offsetting purchase; the opposite of a long position. Related: Long.
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3. Short
   Is the position opposite that of a long. Some who is short the market.
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4. Short
   Describing the finish of a wine whose flavor does not linger on the palate; the opposite of long.
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5. short
   An inadequate amount of products needed to fill a shelf or an order or to meet customer demand.
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6. Short
   Refers to finish, or aftertaste, when it ends abruptly.
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7. short
   A short position is when someone sells a warrant or the underlying asset. Contrasts with Long position.
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8. short
   [adj] - containing a large amount of shortening 2. [adj] - low in stature 3. [adj] - (prosody) used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration 4. [adj] - (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range 5. [adj] - lacking foresight or scope 6. [adj] - ...
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9. Short
   An open position for the sale of metal.
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10. Short
    An investor is short when he/she has sold (borrowed) assets that they do not own in the hope that... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/short.htm?id=13014&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of short'>more</a>
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11. Short
    British aircraft manufacturers. The Type 184 seaplane in 1914 was the first aircraft to carry a torpedo and, during the World War I Gallipoli campaign, was the first aircraft to sink an enemy ship...
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12. short
    Investors are short if they have sold shares they do not possess, in the hope of buying them later at a lower price to make a profit. See also long
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13. Short
    Low resistance leakage caused by live wires touching earth return wires, steel supports or the ground resulting in a severe drop in voltage.
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14. short
    a short-dated Government stock,i.e.with a life of less than five years Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • qualifies an investor who has sold a security in the hope of buying it back at a lower price Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • refuse,chi...
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15. Short
    A short position is when someone sells a warrant or the underlying asset. Contrasts with Long position.
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16. short
    Investors are short of a share or commodity if they have sold shares they do not possess, in the hope of buying them later at a lower price. See also long.
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17. Short
    Short adjective [ Compar. Shorter ; superl. Shortest .] [ Middle English short , schort , Anglo-Saxon scort , sceort ; akin to Old High German scurz , I...
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18. Short
    Short noun 1. A summary account. « The short and the long is, our play is preferred.» Shak. 2. plural The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran. « The first remove ab...
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19. Short
    Short adverb In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short . « He was taken up very short , and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.» Howe...
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20. Short
    Short transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon sceortian .] To shorten. [ Obsolete]
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21. Short
    Short intransitive verb To fail; to decrease. [ Obsolete]
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22. short
    1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight. 'The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it.' (Isa. Xxviii. 20) ... 2. Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath. 'The lif...
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23. short
    shortsighted adjective lacking foresight or scope; `a short view of the problem`; `shortsighted policies`; `shortsighted critics derided the plan`; `myopic thinking`
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24. short
    adjective tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; `shortbread is a short crumbly cookie`; `a short flaky pie crust`
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25. short
    noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
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