go short

Verb

Meaning

(UK) (intransitive, or transitive with of) To have an insufficient amount (of).
My parents were very poor, and we often went short of food.

(finance) To sell a financial product (such as a share) now, even though one does not presently own it, in the hope of buying it more cheaply for delivery at a later date, so as to profit from a fall in price below the price at which one sold it; cf. go long.

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