If you sell something off, you sell it because you need the money. The company is selling off some sites and concentrating on cutting debts We had to sell things off to pay the brewery bill. see also sell-off
The sell-off of something, for example an industry owned by the state or a company's shares, is the selling of it. The privatisation of the electricity industry -- the biggest sell-off of them all
a sudden and marked drop in stock or bond prices resulting from widespread demand to sell
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[ 'sel ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English sellan; akin to Old High German sellen to sell, Old Norse sala sale, Greek helein to take.