SELLOFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does selloff mean? 

• SELLOFF (noun)
  The noun SELLOFF has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SELLOFF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELLOFF (noun)

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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)