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单词 sell-off
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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.
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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Example sentences 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.

    It's Not the Economy, Stupid!|Zachary Karabell|August 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
  • 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|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for sell-off

sell off

verb

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

Idioms and Phrases with sell-off

sell off

Get rid of by selling, often at reduced prices. For example, The jeweler was eager to sell off the last of the diamond rings. [c. 1700] Also see sell out, def. 1.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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