noun General Slang

Sell-off

· noun · finance

Sharp collective selling that tanks prices.

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A burst of heavy selling that drives a stock, sector or whole market down fast. Different from a slow grind lower — a sell-off has pace and panic to it. Often kicked off by a data print, a downgrade, or a tweet.

“Brutal sell-off in tech after the CPI print — Nasdaq down three percent before lunch.”
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Sell-off In A Sentence

Brutal sell-off in tech after the CPI print — Nasdaq down three percent before lunch.

Origin & Usage

Variants selloffsell off

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