sell-off
[ sel-awf, -of ]
/ ˈsɛlˌɔf, -ˌɒf /
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
sell short,
sell someone on,
sell up,
sell-back,
sell-by date,
sell-off,
sell-through,
sella,
sella turcica,
sellafield,
sellar
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.
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.