: a usually sudden sharp decline in security prices accompanied by increased volume of trading
sold off; selling off; sells off
: to suffer a drop in prices
Examples of sell-off in a Sentence
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Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Activist investors had been pushing for management changes and even a sell-off, and Lawson resigned from his CEO post in January.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 3 May 2024
The new round of sell-offs leaves Hertz with just 30,000 EVs in its fleet.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
The sell-off signals that McMahon is unwinding his financial ties to TKO, amid his ongoing legal woes.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Bitcoin has roared back from a massive sell-off during the scandal.
—Sallee Ann Harrison, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
In the meantime, city officials and others are scrambling to prevent a sell-off and shutdown.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Hong Kong mirrored the sell-off in the Mainland’s afternoon sell-off.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Those concerns sparked a sell-off last week, leading all three major indexes to break a five-week streak of gains.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Leah Nylen, TIME, 23 May 2024
Darden Restaurants originally sold off Red Lobster to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in 2014 for about $2.1 billion.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
The United States government is about to begin selling off a bunch of gasoline.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 21 May 2024
Despite the financial issues weighing on what is the single largest casual seafood chain in the U.S., the current plan is to continue operating still open restaurants, pay employees and vendors, and take steps to potentially sell off the company.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
His impactful scene showed the relationship between father and son, and also revealed why Costner's character was so reluctant to sell off any of his land in Montana.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 18 May 2024
Network and cable revenues are slowing to the point that Disney, at one point, explored the option of selling off ABC and its other linear holdings.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Not long afterward, the museum was jolted by scandal when it was revealed that hundreds of objects—including cameos and intaglios once owned by Townley—had been stolen, and some of them sold off, over a period of many years, apparently by a member of the museum’s own curatorial staff.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
The rights are often sold off to big companies, which have a greater interest in making money than safeguarding the legacy and reputations of the dead artist or giving up-and-coming creators the chance to make new art using the artist's voice or likeness.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 May 2024
Noun
This could hasten the sell-off, turning profit-taking into panic—a visceral plunge that would only be exacerbated by the inherent inelasticity and correlation of a passive market.
—Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Activist investors had been pushing for management changes and even a sell-off, and Lawson resigned from his CEO post in January.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 3 May 2024
The new round of sell-offs leaves Hertz with just 30,000 EVs in its fleet.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
The sell-off signals that McMahon is unwinding his financial ties to TKO, amid his ongoing legal woes.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Bitcoin has roared back from a massive sell-off during the scandal.
—Sallee Ann Harrison, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
In the meantime, city officials and others are scrambling to prevent a sell-off and shutdown.
—Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
Hong Kong mirrored the sell-off in the Mainland’s afternoon sell-off.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Those concerns sparked a sell-off last week, leading all three major indexes to break a five-week streak of gains.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
Verb
The Federal Trade Commission, which jointly enforces the antitrust laws, is seeking to force Meta Platforms Inc. to sell off its Instagram and WhatsApp units and sued Amazon last year for monopolization of online marketplace services.
—Leah Nylen, TIME, 23 May 2024
Darden Restaurants originally sold off Red Lobster to private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in 2014 for about $2.1 billion.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
The United States government is about to begin selling off a bunch of gasoline.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 21 May 2024
Despite the financial issues weighing on what is the single largest casual seafood chain in the U.S., the current plan is to continue operating still open restaurants, pay employees and vendors, and take steps to potentially sell off the company.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
His impactful scene showed the relationship between father and son, and also revealed why Costner's character was so reluctant to sell off any of his land in Montana.
—Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 18 May 2024
Network and cable revenues are slowing to the point that Disney, at one point, explored the option of selling off ABC and its other linear holdings.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 15 May 2024
Not long afterward, the museum was jolted by scandal when it was revealed that hundreds of objects—including cameos and intaglios once owned by Townley—had been stolen, and some of them sold off, over a period of many years, apparently by a member of the museum’s own curatorial staff.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
The rights are often sold off to big companies, which have a greater interest in making money than safeguarding the legacy and reputations of the dead artist or giving up-and-coming creators the chance to make new art using the artist's voice or likeness.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 May 2024
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