WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
short in′terest, [Finance.]
  1. Businessthe total amount by which a single seller or all sellers are short in a particular stock or commodity or in the market as a whole. Also called short account, short position. 
  • 1885–90, American.

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