Selloff

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of sell-off. alt-of, alternative

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

  2. 2
    a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade wordnet

Example

More examples

"The latest selloff in U.S. crude came after the United States Oil Fund, a popular exchange-traded fund, announced it would sell all of its contracts for June."

Etymology

Deverbal from sell off.

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