sell-off
[ sel-awf, -of ]
/ ˈsɛlˌɔf, -ˌɒf /
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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Nearby words
sell short, sell someone on, sell up, sell-back, sell-by date, sell-off, sell-through, sella, sella turcica, sellafield, sellar
Sometimes sell·ing-off.
Origin of sell-off
First recorded in 1935–40; noun use of verb phrase sell off
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Examples from the Web for sell-off
Only in the midst of a sell-off tinged by group-think could these numbers be made to be bad.
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.