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sell off en · VERB

Meanings

1. (transitive) To sell assets for the purpose of disposing of them quickly rather than for maximizing profit.
   • When Cyril goes searching for his deadbeat father, he’s also looking for his bike, and he’s devastated to discover his dad sold it off to make ends meet. March 15 2012, Soctt Tobias, The Kid With A Bike [Review]
   • I have always argued that despite my opposition to rail privatisation, I should be grateful that John Major won the 1992 election on a platform to sell off the railways, as otherwise my column would have disappeared given the paucity of things to write about. 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:

Forms

Deriveds

sell-off

Relateds

sell down · sell out · sell up

Translations (13)

cmn 拋售 /抛售 (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · pl wyprzedać (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · cmn 賤賣 /贱卖 (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · fr vendre à perte (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · es rematar (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · es liquidar (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · fr brader (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · cmn 賣掉 /卖掉 (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · pl wyprzedawać (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · el εκποιώ (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · ja 売り飛ばす (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · fi myydä pois (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly) · ja 売り払う (sell assets for the purpose of getting rid of them quickly)