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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
sell short
1. sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
sell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. underestimate the real value or ability of
- Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge
• Hypernyms:
underestimate, underrate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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