sell out a business

  • 1sell out — {v.} 1a. To sell all of a certain thing which a store has in stock. * /In the store s January white sale the sheets and pillowcases were sold out in two days./ 1b. To sell all the stock and close the store; go out of business. * /The local… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2sell out — {v.} 1a. To sell all of a certain thing which a store has in stock. * /In the store s January white sale the sheets and pillowcases were sold out in two days./ 1b. To sell all the stock and close the store; go out of business. * /The local… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3sell out — sell [v1] exchange an object for money advertise, auction, bargain, barter, be in business*, boost, clinch the deal, close, close the deal, contract, deal in, dispose, drum, dump, exchange, handle, hawk, hustle, market, merchandise, move, peddle …

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  • 4sell-out — ► NOUN 1) the selling of an entire stock of something. 2) an event for which all tickets are sold. 3) a sale of a business or company. 4) a betrayal …

    English terms dictionary

  • 5sell out — liquidation of a margin account after a customer has failed to bring an account to a required level by producing additional equity after a margin call. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The selling of securities by a broker when a customer fails to… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 6sell out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms sell out : present tense I/you/we/they sell out he/she/it sells out present participle selling out past tense sold out past participle sold out 1) a) if a shop sells out of something, it sells all that it… …

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  • 7sell out — /ˌsel aυt/ verb 1. ♦ to sell out of an item to sell all the stock of an item ● to sell out of a product line ● This item has sold out. ● We have sold out of plastic bags. 2. to sell your business ● They sold out and retired to the seaside …

    Marketing dictionary in english

  • 8sell out — verb Date: 1796 transitive verb 1. to sell the goods of (a debtor) in order to satisfy creditors 2. to sell security or commodity holdings of usually to satisfy an uncovered margin 3. a. to sell all the available tickets for < sold out the&#8230; …

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  • 9sell\ out — v 1a. To sell all of a certain thing which a store has in stock. In the store s January white sale the sheets and pillowcases were sold out in two days. 1b. To sell all the stock and close the store; go out of business. The local hardware store&#8230; …

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  • 10sell out — sell everything, liquidate merchandise in a business; betray …

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