: 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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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
Some analysts had predicted a sell-off after the Nvidia announcement, a reaction to just how high its share price has risen.
—Don Clark, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 May 2024
Both Deutsche and Fortress then sold off pieces of the loans to other institutions, spreading the risk and potential gain.
—Paul Kiel, Fortune, 11 May 2024
Stewart raised the topic of the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Meta that, if successful, would force the platform to sell off ...
—Tom Hebert, National Review, 10 May 2024
One county department is expected to sell off vehicles and desk phones that are rarely used.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
Financial records show Steward has also sold off more than $1 billion of its hospitals' land and buildings since 2016 to Medical Properties Trust, which has made a business of buying up hospital real estate from private equity investors.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 6 May 2024
The family had sold some precious-stone gems to the British Museum in the Victorian era, and Gradel theorized that these less valuable glass gems may have been sold off around the same time.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
As the legal fees climbed toward $10 million, Brannan said he was forced to sell off important artworks to address those costs and to pay for the upkeep of the Star of Hope lodge.
—Graham Bowley, New York Times, 3 May 2024
Buffett did sell off nearly $6 billion in stocks during the quarter, including trimming about 13% of Berkshire’s massive Apple stake.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 4 May 2024
Noun
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
Some analysts had predicted a sell-off after the Nvidia announcement, a reaction to just how high its share price has risen.
—Don Clark, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Verb
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
Both Deutsche and Fortress then sold off pieces of the loans to other institutions, spreading the risk and potential gain.
—Paul Kiel, Fortune, 11 May 2024
Stewart raised the topic of the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Meta that, if successful, would force the platform to sell off ...
—Tom Hebert, National Review, 10 May 2024
One county department is expected to sell off vehicles and desk phones that are rarely used.
—Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
Financial records show Steward has also sold off more than $1 billion of its hospitals' land and buildings since 2016 to Medical Properties Trust, which has made a business of buying up hospital real estate from private equity investors.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 6 May 2024
The family had sold some precious-stone gems to the British Museum in the Victorian era, and Gradel theorized that these less valuable glass gems may have been sold off around the same time.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
As the legal fees climbed toward $10 million, Brannan said he was forced to sell off important artworks to address those costs and to pay for the upkeep of the Star of Hope lodge.
—Graham Bowley, New York Times, 3 May 2024
Buffett did sell off nearly $6 billion in stocks during the quarter, including trimming about 13% of Berkshire’s massive Apple stake.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 4 May 2024
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“Sell-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sell-off. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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