noun
shorter
SHAW-tuh
noun
1
A comparative form of short; also, someone who engages in short selling.
"The company is smaller and shorter than its rival, both in staff and history."
"Shorters were betting heavily against the stock before the crash."
How to Use Shorter
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe comparative of "short" — more short than something else; in finance, one who shorts stocks.
Word Forms
shorters plural, Shorters plural
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