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sell-off

sell-off noun: the large-scale selling of goods or financial assets (e.g., real estate, equipment, stocks, bonds, subsidiaries).

Noun

sell-off (plural sell-offs)

  1. The large-scale selling of goods or financial assets (e.g., real estate, equipment, stocks, bonds, subsidiaries).

Forms of sell-off

pluralsell-offs
alternative formselloff

Origin of sell-off

Deverbal from sell off.

Questions about sell-off

What does sell-off mean?
Sell-off means the large-scale selling of goods or financial assets (e.g., real estate, equipment, stocks, bonds, subsidiaries).
What part of speech is sell-off?
Sell-off is a noun.
What is the plural of sell-off?
The plural of sell-off is sell-offs.

Words near sell-off in the dictionary

  1. sell woof tickets
  2. sell-by date
  3. sell-by dates
  4. sell-down
  5. sell-downs
  6. sell-off
  7. sell-offs
  8. sell-out
  9. sell-outs
  10. sell-sword
  11. sell-swords

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