Definition of "sell off" []

• To sell at low cost, in order to sell it quickly. (verb)

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• "Deyro confessed himself immediately, went to sell off his ship, and distributed all the money to the poor."
• "Also there is the sales planning department, which analyzes sales data as mentioned earlier as well as how the competition is doing, sales velocity at different price points and decay curves on new sell-throughs and rental stores, to decide whether to further drop the price or sell off rental inventory."
• "About the year 1845 James Murder, a young man, last in the male line of one of the old colonial families, died suddenly, leaving his large estate so involved that it was necessary to sell off everything to satisfy his creditors."