bearbear /beəber/ noun [countableC]FINANCE someone who thinks that prices of shares, bonds, currencies, or basic goods are going to fall, and who may sell shares, bonds etc they do not actually own, expecting to be able to obtain them more cheaply later, before they have to deliver them to the buyerThe bears argue that after the stock market’s dramatic rise, shares are bound to fall again.
The bears took hold of the company, sending the shares 5p lower to 159p.
A contingent of dollar bears (=people who think that the price of the dollar is going to fall) still persists in the market.
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