Definition of sell-off
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a usually sudden sharp decline in security prices accompanied by increased volume of trading
sell off
verb
sold off; selling off; sells off
Definition of sell off (Entry 2 of 2)
: to suffer a drop in prices
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The first known use of sell-off was in 1976
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