sell-off

See also: sell off

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Deverbal from sell off.

Noun

sell-off (plural sell-offs)

  1. The large-scale selling of goods or financial assets (e.g., real estate, equipment, stocks, bonds, subsidiaries).
    Hyponyms: liquidation; panic selling
    Coordinate terms: deacquisition; disinvestment; divestment

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