long
Definition
The state of actually owning a security, contract, or commodity. also called long position. opposite of short.
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Related terms:
buy, buyback, closing sale, going long, opening purchase
'long' appears in these other terms:
long hedge, long-term assets, long squeeze, long-term, long leg, Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities, long-term care insurance, long straddle, long coupon, long-term mortgage and 
'long' appears in the definitions of these other terms on BusinessDictionary.com:
chain, value funds
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