In a short sale, an investor borrows securities and hopes to make a profit by buying an equal number of shares later at a lower price to replace the borrowed securities.

在卖空交易中，投资者借入证券，并期望将来以较低的价格买入同等数量的股票，借此归还原先所借的证券并获得投资收益。

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If financial groups use the borrowed money to buy more of the sorts of securities they lodged as collateral, then the prices of those securities will go up.

如果金融集团使用借来的钱去买入更多不同证券，并用来作为抵押，那么这些证券的价值就会增加。

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Securities borrowed through the securities lending system of a securities exchange.

自证券交易所借券系统借入之有价证券。

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Looking at the number of borrowed securities over the past year, we can see a distinct difference between implied shorting activity on US corporate bonds, Treasuries and US equities.

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Tens of millions of dollars had been borrowed against the securities on margin.

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Initially, it described collective investment vehicles, often organised as private partnerships, that specialised in combining two investment techniques, short sales (borrowing a security and selling it in the hope of being able to repurchase it more cheaply before repaying the lender) and leverage (buying securities with borrowed money) in a way that reduced risk.

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