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sell against the box en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To sell stock that one owns, but deliver stock acquired elsewhere, so that one is effectively selling short and protecting oneself from a fall in the stock.
    • Mr. ROCKEFELLER. The large holdings I think I sold back in 1925 or 1926. Mr. Gray. Did you sell against the box then? 1932, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, Stock Exchange Practices: Hearings Before the Committee, page 332:

Forms

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sells against the box Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sold against the box Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sold against the box Tense=Past lexicographic
selling against the box Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic