sell-off

[sel-awf, -of]

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noun

Stock Exchange. a sudden and marked decline in stock or bond prices resulting from widespread selling.
an act or instance of liquidating assets or subsidiaries, as by divestiture.

Sometimes sell·ing-off.

Origin of sell-off

First recorded in 1935–40; noun use of verb phrase sell off

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Related Words for sell-off

sell-off, jam, bargain

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Contemporary Examples of sell-off

Only in the midst of a sell-off tinged by group-think could these numbers be made to be bad.
It's Not the Economy, Stupid!
Zachary Karabell
August 10, 2011
This sell-off speaks to the continuing anxiety that a world not led by the United States and Europe and Japan is a world adrift.
Wall Street Is Irrelevant
Zachary Karabell
August 5, 2011