SELLOFF

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("selloff" is a kind of...):

cut-rate sale; sale; sales event (an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices)

Derivation:

sell off (get rid of by selling, usually at reduced prices)

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