Short sale may refer to:
- Short (finance), the practice of selling securities or other financial instruments, with the intention of subsequently repurchasing them at a lower price
- Short sale (real estate), a sale of real estate in which the proceeds from selling the property is less than the amount owed
Famous quotes containing the words short and/or sale:
“Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“People buy their necessities in shops and have to pay dearly for them because they have to assist in paying for what is also on sale there but only rarely finds purchasers: the luxury and amusement goods. So it is that luxury continually imposes a tax on the simple people who have to do without it.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)