The retired professor had to sell off his rare butterfly collection to meet his health expenses.
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sell-off — ˈsell off noun [countable] FINANCE 1. a situation in which many investors sell their bonds, shares etc, often very quickly: • In an otherwise calm market, there were steep sell offs in shares. 2. when a business, company etc is sold to another… … Financial and business terms
sell-off — sell offs also selloff N COUNT: usu with supp The sell off of something, for example an industry owned by the state or a company s shares, is the selling of it. The privatisation of the electricity industry the biggest sell off of them all...… … English dictionary
sell-off — sell ,off noun count 1. ) AMERICAN a situation in which a lot of STOCKS are sold at the same time, making prices go down: a temporary sell off on Wall Street 2. ) BRITISH a situation in which a business or part of a business is sold … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sell-off — sell′ off or sell′ing off′ n. 1) ecn bus a sudden and marked decline in stock or bond prices resulting from widespread selling 2) bus an act or instance of liquidating assets or subsidiaries • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
sell-off — n 1.) BrE the sale of an industry that the government owns, to private companies or other people 2.) AmE the sale of a lot of ↑stocks or ↑shares, which makes the price decrease … Dictionary of contemporary English
sell-off — [sel′ôf΄] n. a period of heavy selling as on a stock exchange, resulting in a marked decline in prices … English World dictionary
sell off — verb get rid of by selling, usually at reduced prices The store sold off the surplus merchandise • Derivationally related forms: ↑selloff • Hypernyms: ↑sell • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * … Useful english dictionary
sell off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms sell off : present tense I/you/we/they sell off he/she/it sells off present participle selling off past tense sold off past participle sold off to sell something quickly and for a low price, usually because… … English dictionary
sell off — PHRASAL VERB If you sell something off, you sell it because you need the money. → See also sell off [V P n (not pron)] The company is selling off some sites and concentrating on cutting debts... [V n P] We had to sell things off to pay … English dictionary
Sell-Off — The rapid selling of securities, such as stocks, bonds and commodities. The increase in supply leads to a decline in the value of the security. A sell off may occur for many reasons. For example, if a company issues a disappointing earnings… … Investment dictionary
sell-off — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sell off : singular sell off plural sell offs business 1) British a situation in which a business or part of a business is sold 2) American a situation in which a lot of stocks are sold at the same time, making … English dictionary
