sell off
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To sell assets for the purpose of disposing of them quickly rather than for maximizing profit.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "When Cyril goes searching for his deadbeat father, he’s also looking for his bike, and he’s devastated to discover his dad sold it off to make ends meet."
- "I have always argued that despite my opposition to rail privatisation, I should be grateful that John Major won the 1992 election on a platform to sell off the railways, as otherwise my column would have disappeared given the paucity of things to write about."