∙ Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
∙ Not distant in time; near at hand. obsolete
∙ In a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
Adverb
∙ Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
∙ Unawares.
∙ Without achieving a goal or requirement.
∙ Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full. cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball
∙ With a negative ownership position. finance
Noun
∙ A short circuit.
∙ A short film.
∙ Used to indicate a short-length version of a size
∙ A shortstop. baseball
∙ A short seller. finance
∙ A short sale. finance
∙ A summary account.
∙ A short sound, syllable, or vowel. phonetics
∙ An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long. programming
Verb
∙ To cause a short circuit in (something). transitive
∙ Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit. intransitive
∙ To shortchange. transitive
∙ To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount. transitive
∙ To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short. transitive, business