: a usually sudden sharp decline in security prices accompanied by increased volume of trading
sold off; selling off; sells off
: to suffer a drop in prices
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Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
This turns into a game of chicken, as other traders intent on cashing out know there's likely to be a sell-off at a key price.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 16 Dec. 2024
The house’s intellectual property (including Posen’s name) has since been sold off to a licensing firm.
—Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Even amid the stock’s sell-off, Deka Investments’ Speich suggested the company was worth more than its market value.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
This turns into a game of chicken, as other traders intent on cashing out know there's likely to be a sell-off at a key price.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
Peter Hargreaves’s fund has joined wary investors in selling off Big Tech stocks.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 16 Dec. 2024
The house’s intellectual property (including Posen’s name) has since been sold off to a licensing firm.
—Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Sell-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sell-off. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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