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Short sale (finance)


Selling a Security that the seller does not own but is committed to repurchasing eventually. It is used to capitalize on an expected decline in the Security's price.





prytanis (iou)



prytanis noun. . Also (earlier) Anglicized as prytan, pl. -s. M17.
[Greek prutanis = prince, ruler.]
Greek History. A member of the presiding division of the Athenian Council of Five Hundred. M17.
Greek History. The chief magistrate of a Greek State, as of Rhodes, Lycia, or Miletus. L17.
transf. A president, a chief. M19.