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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sell offverb

    get rid of by selling, usually at reduced prices

    "The store sold off the surplus merchandise"

Wiktionary

  1. sell offverb

    To sell at low cost, in order to sell it quickly.

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  1. sell off

    Sell off refers to the process of rapidly selling assets, such as stocks, bonds, or property, often all at once, typically to pay off debts, improve liquidity, or because of market concerns. It can cause prices to fall due to the sudden increase in supply. This term is commonly used in financial and investment sectors.

Editors Contribution

  1. sell off

    regular (when you do sales no making profits or necessity)

    I SOLD OFF TODAY ALL MY MERCHADISE IN ORDER TO GET CASH


    Submitted by jjvv16789 on March 19, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sell off in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sell off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sell off in a Sentence

  1. Jamie Cox:

    If the Fed gives forward guidance that suggests less than what the market is thinking, then you will probably see markets sell off, so long as the Fed plays along with what markets are pricing in...I think markets will be very stable.

  2. Zeng Yan:

    Today's investor sentiment in China's stock market is damped by last week's global equity sell-off, but the impact could be temporary.

  3. Bryden Teich:

    The continuation of a sell-off for all commodities is something that's also lingered on, it's a period of pain for a lot of the commodity industries and producers.

  4. Mark Williams:

    At this level, stocks are not cheap, the simultaneous cuts in rates and banks' reserve ratios were very strong stimulus. Since that didn't stop the sell-off, then the market wonders what else the policy makers have up in their sleeves.

  5. John Saucer:

    The scope of today's sell-off is unequivocally a speculative washout.


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