short interest
nounFinance.
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
1An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
- Also called short account, short position.
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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
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