: 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
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The sell-off comes as the semiconductor design software vendor posted quarterly results that missed analysts’ expectations, while also lowering its full-year outlook as demand for its design intellectual property fell.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Look how flawlessly that 50-day has served as support all summer long — even when the de minimis loophole for tariff-free Chinese goods was closed and every ecommerce stock sold off on the news — the 50-day managed to hold.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Rizzo was traded to the New York Yankees as part of a sell-off at the 2021 trade deadline.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The sell-off comes as the semiconductor design software vendor posted quarterly results that missed analysts’ expectations, while also lowering its full-year outlook as demand for its design intellectual property fell.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
Would Rupert and Lachlan sell off the empire while the regulatory state of affairs was in their favor, and before Rupert’s passing (or the year 2030, whichever came first) caused a family crisis?
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Look how flawlessly that 50-day has served as support all summer long — even when the de minimis loophole for tariff-free Chinese goods was closed and every ecommerce stock sold off on the news — the 50-day managed to hold.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Sell-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sell-off. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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