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单词 sell something off
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sellsomethingoff

phrasal verbwithsellverb
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
sold|sold
tochargealowpricefor something toencouragepeopletobuyit:
They'resellingoff last year'sstockathalfprice.
tosellall orpartof abusiness:
Thecompanyannouncedthat it would besellingoffitshotelbusiness.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to sell something
  • sellAre you selling your car?
  • retailThe company makes and retails moderately priced sportswear.
  • deal inThey mainly deal in rare books.
  • divestUSThe investors divested themselves of the company's stock.
  • sell offThe company is selling off the less profitable parts of its business.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Selling
  • auction
  • Black Friday
  • bundle
  • bundling
  • chain of production
  • concession
  • outsell
  • oversell
  • panic selling
  • peddle
  • pile
  • pile it high and sell it cheapidiom
  • sales drive
  • salesmanship
  • sell out
  • sellout
  • shift
  • soft sell
  • sold
  • sting
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Success & failure in business
sell-off
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsel.ɒf/us
/ˈsel.ɑːf/
asaleof anunwantedbusinessat alowpricetoencouragesomeone tobuyit
asaleof aninvestment, such assharesin acompany, thatcausesitsvaluetofall
Australian English
anoccasionwhen thepriceofgoodsin ashoporfactoryisreducedso they can besoldquickly
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Advertising and marketing
  • ad
  • ad agency
  • adman
  • advert
  • advertise
  • cross-selling
  • customer relationship management
  • detoxify
  • dogfooding
  • flyer
  • non-brand
  • o.n.o.
  • obo
  • off-brand
  • on-brand
  • superhype
  • teaser
  • telemarketing
  • tie(something)in
  • tout
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Business - general words
Price decreases
(Definition ofsell something offfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sell off something| American Dictionary

sell offsomething

phrasal verbwithsellverb[I/T]
us
/sel/
past tense and past participlesoldus/soʊld/
toexchangeall or alargepartof something formoney:
Farmers have had to sell offcattlebecause of thedrought.
(Definition ofsell off somethingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

sell sth off| Business English

sell sth off

phrasal verbwithsellverb
uk
/sel/us
sold|sold
FINANCE
tosellall orpartof abusinessorindustry, often at alowprice:
Heresistedallattemptstosellthepublicbroadcastchanneloff to theprivatesector.
COMMERCE,FINANCE
tochargealowpricefor something toencouragepeopletobuyit:
sell off assets/stockThey'resellingoff last year'sstockathalfprice.
sell-off
noun[C]
uk
/ˈselɒf/us
/-ɑːf/
FINANCE
asaleof abusiness,particularassets, etc. at alowpricetoencouragesomeone tobuyit:
A sell-off wouldmarkthe secondtimethat thebusinesshaschangedhandsin twoyears.
Thebookvaluegrosslyunderstatesthesell-offvalueof thecompany.
FINANCE,STOCK MARKET
anoccasionwhen alargenumberofsharesin acompanyaresold, oftencausingtheirvaluetofall:
Thedollarwas littlechangedafter a sell-off at the end of lastweek.
(Definition ofsell sth offfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsell something off

sell something off
Also, these rules determine how pension funds will react in case of a fall in asset prices, possibly inducing a pro-cyclicalsell-offof risky assets.
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These included tightened regulatory oversight and asell-offof many of the bailed-out banks to foreigners.
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That sum is large enough to do away with the great bonanza of the tax handouts that thesell-offis intended to create.
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The air traffic controlsell-offwas brought back on to the agenda to plug the gap.
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No one doubts that the principle involved in thesell-offof air traffic control is very important.
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That, unfortunately, is another legacy of the great playing fieldsell-off.
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I believe this is a cynical rescue operation to save the water privatisation programme, to save thesell-off.
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What is the effect on such a person of thesell-offof public assets at knock-down prices?
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Will those services be included in the so-calledsell-off?
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As they have closed, they have become ripe forsell-offand for housing then to be built there.
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Are these increases the pay-off that follows thesell-off?
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Coal is following the three classic stages of privatisation—write-off,sell-offand rip-off.
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They are the only categories to escape the greatsell-off.
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They are too important to our regional structure to be subjected to the threat of takeover orsell-off.
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Where will that sense of identity and community be respected in the proposed local development companies and the proposedsell-offof community assets?
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