sellout
Informal. a person who compromises their personal values, integrity, talent, etc., for money or personal advancement.
Informal. a person who betrays a cause, organization, or the like; traitor.
an act or instance of selling out.
an entertainment, as a show or athletic event, for which all the seats are sold.
Origin of sellout
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How to use sellout in a sentence
The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
In other words, the sell-out centrists have a higher number than the unreconstructed lefties!
With over 200 performances a year, the Met needs to sell 4,000 tickets to each of them in order to sell out.
With an increased initial production run from 6,000 to 10,000 copies, the fourth issue is expected to sell out.
If a magazine had a cover with art by Leyendecker, it was guaranteed to sell out.
Carshalton is going too, and, as they can't sell out to any one we don't approve of, the rest insisted on me seeing you.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossAfter he had married her, he'd sell out this pile of junk and let somebody else haggle with the Injuns and cowpunchers.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanHe thought he would act as Spitzhase had often recommended, and sell out his shares in small quantities until they were all gone.
Black Diamonds | Mr JkaiWhen I got on to my splendid terrace window overlooking the garden I was ready to sell out at any price.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianShe has agreed to sell out her country, the land she was born in, for hire.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for sell out
to dispose of (supplies of something) completely by selling: Also (chiefly Brit): sell up
(tr) informal to betray, esp through a secret agreement
(intr) informal to abandon one's principles, standards, etc
informal a performance for which all tickets are sold
a commercial success
informal a betrayal
informal a person who betrays their principles, standards, friends, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with sellout
Dispose of entirely by selling. For example, The rancher finally sold out to the oil company, or The tickets to the concert were sold out a month ago. [Late 1700s]
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