short interest


nounFinance.
  1. the 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.

Origin of short interest

1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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How to use short interest in a sentence

  • Then again it's an open question how much stock is owned on the street and how great a short interest has been created.

    Rockhaven | Charles Munn