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panic selling

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
pan-ic selling
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Wide-scale selling of an investment (such as a company's stock) out of emotion and fear, rather than evaluating the fundamentals, which causes a sharp decline in prices.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of panic sell

Usage

Inflected Forms

panic sellings (plural)

Phrases

panic seller buy the dip panic-buy panic buying sell-off

Frequently Paired Words

panic seller buy the dip panic-buy panic buying sell-off

Questions

What does panic selling mean?
Wide-scale selling of an investment (such as a company's stock) out of emotion and fear, rather than evaluating the fundamentals, which causes a sharp decline in prices.

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