He resisted all attempts to sell the public broadcast channel off to the private sector.
They're selling off last year's stock at half price.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
ˌsell sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to sell something quickly and for a low price, usually because you need the money … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sell something off — ˌsell sthˈoff derived 1. to sell things cheaply because you want to get rid of them or because you need the money 2. to sell all or part of an industry, a company or land • The Church sold off the land for housing. • In the nineties most state… … Useful english dictionary
flog sth off — UK US flog sth off Phrasal Verb with flog({{}}/flɒg/ verb [T] (flogging, flogged, flogs) mainly UK INFORMAL ► to sell part or all of a business or industry: »Unsatisfactory relations with business partners were thought to be behind the… … Financial and business terms
sell — 1 /sel/ verb past tense and past participle sold /sUld/ 1 GIVE STH FOR MONEY (I, T) to give something to someone in exchange for money: If you offer them another thousand, I think they ll sell. | sell sth for 100/$50/30p etc: Toni s selling her… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Sell is used before these nouns: ↑signal {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ cheaply VERB + SELL ▪ be able to, can ▪ … Collocations dictionary
sell*/*/*/ — [sel] (past tense and past participle sold [səʊld] ) verb I 1) [T] to let someone have something in exchange for money We ve decided to sell our house and move to Spain.[/ex] My uncle buys and sells second hand books for a living.[/ex] I sold… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sell — W1S1 [sel] v past tense and past participle sold [səuld US sould] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give something for money)¦ 2¦(make something available)¦ 3¦(make somebody want something)¦ 4¦(be bought)¦ 5 sell like hot cakes 6¦(idea/plan)¦ 7 sell yourself 8 sell… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sell — ▪ I. sell sell 1 [sel] verb sold PTandPP [səʊld ǁ soʊld] 1. [intransitive, transitive] COMMERCE to give someone property, assets, goods, services etc in return for money: • Chrysler plans to raise c … Financial and business terms
palm something off — FOIST, fob off, get rid of, dispose of, unload. → palm * * * sell or dispose of something by misrepresentation or fraud they palmed off their shoddiest products on the Russians * * * ˌpalm sthˈoff (on/onto sb) | ˌpalm sbˈoff (with sth) derived… … Useful english dictionary
auction something off — ˌauction sthˈoff derived to sell sth at an ↑auction, especially sth that is no longer needed or wanted • The Army is auctioning off a lot of surplus equipment. Main entry: ↑auctionderived … Useful english dictionary
