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short interest

noun

, Finance.
  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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of short interest1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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Example Sentences

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

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