mài​kōng

to sell short

Senses

卖空/ 賣空 mài​kōng to sell short

to sell stocks, commodities, or foreign exchange that one does not yet own in anticipation of a price decline; to engage in short selling

卖空/ 賣空 mài​kōng to be oversold

(of a bank or forex dealer) a situation where the volume of a particular currency sold exceeds the volume bought

References

see 卖空/賣空 买空卖空/買空賣空
antonym 补空/補空 卖空/賣空