short sale

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short sale

1. The sale of a borrowed security in anticipation of making a profit by repurchasing it after its price has fallen.

2. An investment in an exchange-traded fund or derivative security whose performance is inversely related to that of a particular index.

3. The sale of a property for less than the amount owed on it, with the lender consenting to accept the lesser amount and cancel the debt in lieu of instituting foreclosure proceedings.

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short sale - sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)

short selling

trading - buying or selling securities or commodities

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Equator (EQ), Los Angeles, one of the country's leading software provider of default servicing solutions, has announced that over $100 billion in assets have been sold through its platform since 2003, and more than 500,000 short sales have been initiated since its launch of the industry's first comprehensive automated short sale solution last year.

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Later they decided marketing a similar product to Realtors would give them a bigger market than targeting the small number of auction-goers, so in late October they launched Short Sale ProLogic (ShortSaleProLogic.com) at a Colorado Association of Realtors event.