short

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. Of comparatively small height.
3. Having little duration.
4. Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
5. that is relatively close to the batsman.
6. bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
7. that falls short of the green or the hole.
8. Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
9. Brittle, crumbly. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.)
10. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
11. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
12. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
13. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
14. (colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
15. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
16. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
17. Doubtful of, skeptical of.
18. Of money: given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.

brief

low

very short

not tall

unforesightful

be shortened

not full

brusk

too short

become short

not large

short-dated

short position

short-run

thumb-nail

flat nose

not enough

of short duration

short pants

small quantity

well then

one section

brittlement

not big

inner petticoat

of a short stature

of low stature

straight dagger

unpermissive

bear seller

bear transaction

selling short

cutting-out

bond washing

abbr.

abbrev.

short shot

high-pitched sound

short out

selling against the box

over sold

bear drive

direct short

oversold position

make noise

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʃɔːt/

From Middle English schort, short, from Old English sċeort, sċort (“short”), from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Cognate with shirt, skirt, curt, Scots short, schort (“short”), French court, Dutch kort, German kurz, Old High German scurz (“short”) (whence Middle High German schurz), Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (whence Danish skorte), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), Latin curtus (“shortened, incomplete”), Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ. Doublet of curt. More at shirt.

Verwant aan Frans

court

Verwant aan Nederlands

kort

Verwant aan Duits

kurz

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