selloff
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈsɛlˌɔf/
- Specialized
:
liquidación
- Investors reacted quickly, leading to a significant selloff of shares in the tech sector.
- stock selloff
- market selloff
- the recent selloff
Examples
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Friday's dismal jobs report triggered a selloff, and the stock market has now erased all its gains for the year.
Blog text (32) -
High-yield bond markets in Europe did experience an immediate selloff, pushing yields within a week of the Danish vote.
Academic text (2003) -
Fourth, the selloff was combined with the decline in long bond prices.
Blog text (6) -
The instant the Fed changes stance, they risk starting the selloff that will destroy the US dollar.
Blog text (8) -
I asked about the 1090 gap in gold a few days back, as the broad selloff should affect gold as it has in the past.
Blog text (21) -
Of that amount, some $53 billion has come out since last October, the bottom of a two-month selloff sparked by a crisis in Europe and the loss of the United States' top credit rating.
Blog text (21) -
Her comments sparked a monthlong muni selloff, with investors yanking $4 billion out of the market through mid-January.
Blog text (6) -
In a secular bear market, stocks tend to move sideways for years, interrupted by sharp rallies and sharp selloffs.
Blog text (10) -
Macroeconomists around the world had long warned of global imbalances stemming from U.S. trade and budget deficits and China's accumulation of U.S. debt, which they feared could trigger a global dollar selloff.
Academic text (2018) -
The sudden selloff in the stock market caused panic among investors trying to minimize their losses.
Synonyms
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4.2
People sell goods at very low prices because they must sell quickly
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2.1
A sale when a shop sells many items at low prices to make room for new stock
3
4.8
A sale with much lower prices to sell remaining goods when a shop closes
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8.9
The sale of parts of a company, like a smaller company it owns
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6.0
Selling investments or parts of a company to stop owning them
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3.5
A sale where a shop sells everything at low prices because it is closing
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3.7
A sale of most goods at low prices when a business closes down
A shop event to sell old or extra items at low prices
Antonyms
- Specialized
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5.9
An agreement where someone buys back something they sold before, often a company buying its own shares
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word selloff combines sell and off. Off here means 'away' or 'clear-out', so a selloff is like a big clear-out where many items or stocks are sold quickly, often at low prices.