Bible Encyclopedias
Bear

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Name given in the Stock Exchange to one who contracts to deliver stock at a fixed price on a certain day, in contradistinction from the bull , or he who contracts to take it, the interest of the former being that, in the intervening time, the stocks should fall, and that of the latter that they should rise.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Bear'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/bear.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.