selloff

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A form of sell-off — The large-scale selling of goods or financial assets (e.g., real estate, equipment, stocks, bonds, subsidiaries).

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Meanings

nounselloff (plural selloffs)

plural selloffs

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of sell-off.

    In a falldown, price often shows short-term support at a lower price band before the final selloff.

    2011, Elaine Knuth, Trading Between the Lines, page 173

Origin

Deverbal from sell off.

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APA

selloff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/selloff

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“selloff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/selloff. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “selloff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/selloff.

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