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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sell out, sell up, liquidizeverb

    get rid of all one's merchandise

  2. sell outverb

    give information that compromises others

Wiktionary

  1. sell outverb

    To sell all of a product that is in stock.

  2. sell outverb

    To abandon one's supporters or principles to seek profit or other personal advantage.

Wikipedia

  1. Sell Out

    Sell Out is a song by American ska punk band Reel Big Fish. Released as the first track on the group's second album Turn the Radio Off on August 13, 1996. The song has proven to be one of Reel Big Fish's more popular releases. It has been interpreted as chronicling the payola scandals of early FM radio. However, it can also be seen as a satire of the way the pop music industry works in general.

ChatGPT

  1. sell out

    Sell out refers to the act of compromising one's integrity, morals, or principles for personal gain, often for money or success. This term is often used negatively to describe someone yielding to commercial pressures or abandoning their original ideas, authenticity, or values in favor of mainstream appeal or profitability. It can also refer to a situation where all tickets or items for a specific event or product have been sold.

Wikidata

  1. Sell Out

    "Sell Out" is a song by American ska punk band Reel Big Fish, released as the first track on their second album Turn the Radio Off on August 13, 1996. The song has proven to be one of Reel Big Fish's more popular releases. It has been interpreted as chronicling the payola scandals of early FM radio. However, it can also be seen as a satire of the way the pop music industry works in general. In the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the song was used in-between plays of beach volleyball.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. sell out

    In the British service, was a term generally used when an officer was permitted to retire from the service, selling or disposing of his commission or commissions. It was the correlative word to buy in. Officers who purchased commissions were usually allowed to sell out.

Rap Dictionary

  1. sell outnoun

    Doing something purely for the financial gain, Selling your soul. "Did Ice Cube sell out? You say hell no!" -- Ice Cube (When will they shoot?).

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sell out in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sell out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sell out in a Sentence

  1. Adam Longson in a note:

    By our estimates, the average 2015 oversupply is only 0.7-1.0 million bpd, intentional efforts to build or sell out government stockpiles that are not available to the market, nor included in demand figures, could help tighten the balance beyond headline implied stock changes.

  2. Christopher Reeve:

    Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

  3. Amit Agarwal:

    Even a seller, who wants to sell out of their state, has to get a tax registration in the new state. How many small business owners would go through the onerous job of doing that? the number of basic paper cut opportunities out there are so many.

  4. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn:

    From what we know, it seems the Prime Minister has negotiated an even worse deal than Theresa May's, which was overwhelmingly rejected, this sell-out deal won't bring the country together and should be rejected. The best way to get Brexit sorted is to give the people the final say in a public vote.

  5. Stephen Givens:

    A stock buyback gives shareholders a choice to sell out or stay invested, whereas a dividend forces all shareholders not only to disinvest but to pay tax at higher rates on the cash dividend than they would pay if they sold their stock back to the company.


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