sell-off

[ sel-awf, -of ]

/ ˈsɛlˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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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.

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Sometimes sell·ing-off .

Origin of sell-off

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

Words nearby sell-off

selling-plater, selling point, selling race, selling short, sell like hot cakes, sell-off, sell oneself, Sellotape, sellout, sell short, sell someone on

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How to use sell-off in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
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A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
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The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
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Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.
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He couldn't sell them; he couldn't burn them; he was even compelled to insure them, to his intense disgust.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Those four pictures—I would not sell those four Watteaus for one hundred thousand francs.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
He thought these things over carefully and finally decided that he would sell them himself.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
For an Indian to sell a horse and wagon in the San Jacinto valley was not an easy thing, unless he would give them away.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for sell-off

sell off

verb

(tr, adverb) to sell (remaining or unprofitable items), esp at low prices

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