sell short (w kontekście)

Polish translation: sprzedać ze stratą

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English term or phrase:sell short (w kontekście)
Polish translation:sprzedać ze stratą
Entered by: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.

11:30 Oct 16, 2015
English to Polish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: sell short (w kontekście)
When economic profit is negative, additional investments in that initiative only accelerate the destruction of value in the enterprise. It’s the Charge of the Light Brigade, and while you may salute their gallantry and persistence, you should sell short as soon as the troops start down that awful valley.
Wstępne tłumaczenie:
Kiedy zysk ekonomiczny jest ujemy, dodatkowe inwestycje w przedsięwzięcie jedynie przyśpieszają tempo niszczenia wartości. Położenie to przywodzi na myśl [wiersz Lorda Tennysona] Szarża lekkiej brygady , i mimo podziwu dla waleczności i wytrwałości żołnierzy powinieneś *** z chwilą, kiedy jeźdźcy wjadą „w czarną dolinę śmierci.
Ratunku!
madziag
Local time: 07:29
sprzedać ze stratą
Explanation:
IMO

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Note added at 7 mins (2015-10-16 11:38:15 GMT)
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wojskowo:
wycofać się
dać sygnał do odwrotu
ustąpić pola


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Note added at 1 hr (2015-10-16 13:06:13 GMT)
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cut losses short=zminimalizować straty
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 01:29
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dziękuję!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1sprzedać ze stratą
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3 +1tu: sprzeda(wa)ć szybko i poniżej wartości
Jarosław Bartkowiak
Summary of reference entries provided
zysk lub strata
George BuLah (X)

Discussion entries: 5





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sprzedać ze stratą


Explanation:
IMO

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Note added at 7 mins (2015-10-16 11:38:15 GMT)
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wojskowo:
wycofać się
dać sygnał do odwrotu
ustąpić pola


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Note added at 1 hr (2015-10-16 13:06:13 GMT)
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cut losses short=zminimalizować straty

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 01:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 87
Grading comment
dziękuję!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mike23: Agree. A short sale is a means to avoid further losses. You sell sth for less money than it is worth.
2 days 23 hrs
  -> Thank you, Michał, unless one prefers to continue the military analogy.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tu: sprzeda(wa)ć szybko i poniżej wartości


Explanation:
„sell short” ma kilka znaczeń, ale tu najprawdopodobniej chodzi o właśnie to znaczenie.

Example sentence(s):
  • to not value someone or something as much as they deserve to be valued

    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sell+short
Jarosław Bartkowiak
Poland
Local time: 07:29
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dimitar Dimitrov
16 hrs
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: zysk lub strata

Reference information:
Dokonujący krótkiej sprzedaży realizuje zysk lub stratę ...

zatem - nie sama strata ...
szerzej:
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krótka_sprzedaż

George BuLah (X)
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
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