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• sell-off — ˈsell off noun [countable] FINANCE 1. a situation in which many investors sell their bonds, shares etc, often very quickly: • In an otherwise calm market, there were steep sell offs in shares. 2. when a business, company etc is sold to another… …   Financial and business terms

• sell-off — sell offs also selloff N COUNT: usu with supp 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...… …   English dictionary

• sell-off — n 1.) BrE the sale of an industry that the government owns, to private companies or other people 2.) AmE the sale of a lot of ↑stocks or ↑shares, which makes the price decrease …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sell-off — noun a sale of assets carried out in order to dispose of them rather than as normal trade. ↘chiefly N. Amer. a sale of shares, bonds, or commodities, especially one that causes a fall in price …   English new terms dictionary

• sell — W1S1 [sel] v past tense and past participle sold [səuld US sould] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give something for money)¦ 2¦(make something available)¦ 3¦(make somebody want something)¦ 4¦(be bought)¦ 5 sell like hot cakes 6¦(idea/plan)¦ 7 sell yourself 8 sell… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sell — ▪ I. sell sell 1 [sel] verb sold PTandPP [səʊld ǁ soʊld] 1. [intransitive, transitive] COMMERCE to give someone property, assets, goods, services etc in return for money: • Chrysler plans to raise c …   Financial and business terms

• sell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Sell is used before these nouns: ↑signal {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ cheaply VERB + SELL ▪ be able to, can ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• sell — 1 /sel/ verb past tense and past participle sold /sUld/ 1 GIVE STH FOR MONEY (I, T) to give something to someone in exchange for money: If you offer them another thousand, I think they ll sell. | sell sth for 100/$50/30p etc: Toni s selling her… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sell — v. & n. v. (past and past part. sold) 1 tr. make over or dispose of in exchange for money. 2 tr. keep a stock of for sale or be a dealer in (do you sell candles?). 3 intr. (of goods) be purchased (will never sell; these are selling well). 4 intr …   Useful english dictionary

• To buy off — Buy Buy (b[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought} (b[add]t); p. pr. & vb. n. {Buying} (b[imac] [i^]ng).] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.] 1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Reaction — A reversal in the movement of a security s price. Reaction is most often associated with a downward movement in the price of a security after a period of upward movement, as investors sell off shares or decrease the volume of buy orders for fear… …   Investment dictionary