2. Noun. (colloquial) A short, a short seller: one who engages in short selling. ¹
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Definition of Shorter
1. short [adj] - See also: short
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorter
Literary usage of Shorter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1912)
"By plotting a graph using the length of the shorter of the two individuals as
... Both members equal in length 35 One member shorter by 0.5 mm 57 One member ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... oblong-lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, finely bristly serrulate, thin, green
both sides, paler beneath: pedicels solitary, axillary, shorter than the ..."
3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1903)
"THE QUESTION OF A shorter COLLEGE COURSE. BY JOHN BT MAIN, DEAN OP THE FACULTY
OF IOWA COLLEGE. EDUCATION AL discussions during the past year or two have ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"X 55. and shorter, according to conditions of aggregation, until they pass into
short cells which eventually constitute the epithelium structure of the ..."
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