to sell off an industry

  • 1sell-off — sell offs also selloff N COUNT: usu with supp The sell off of something, for example an industry owned by the state or a company s shares, is the selling of it. The privatisation of the electricity industry the biggest sell off of them all...… …

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  • 2sell-off — n 1.) BrE the sale of an industry that the government owns, to private companies or other people 2.) AmE the sale of a lot of ↑stocks or ↑shares, which makes the price decrease …

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  • 3sell-off — noun (C) BrE the act of selling an industry, especially one that the government owns, to private buyers: fears that services will be cut after the sell off …

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  • 4sell — W1S1 [sel] v past tense and past participle sold [səuld US sould] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give something for money)¦ 2¦(make something available)¦ 3¦(make somebody want something)¦ 4¦(be bought)¦ 5 sell like hot cakes 6¦(idea/plan)¦ 7 sell yourself 8 sell… …

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  • 5sell something off — ˌsell sthˈoff derived 1. to sell things cheaply because you want to get rid of them or because you need the money 2. to sell all or part of an industry, a company or land • The Church sold off the land for housing. • In the nineties most state… …

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  • 6sell — ▪ I. sell sell 1 [sel] verb sold PTandPP [səʊld ǁ soʊld] 1. [intransitive, transitive] COMMERCE to give someone property, assets, goods, services etc in return for money: • Chrysler plans to raise c …

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  • 7sell — 1 /sel/ verb past tense and past participle sold /sUld/ 1 GIVE STH FOR MONEY (I, T) to give something to someone in exchange for money: If you offer them another thousand, I think they ll sell. | sell sth for 100/$50/30p etc: Toni s selling her… …

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  • 8sell sth off — UK US sell sth off Phrasal Verb with sell({{}}/sel/ verb (sold, sold) ► FINANCE to sell all or part of a business or industry, often at a low price: »He resisted all attempts to sell the public broadcast channel off to the private sector. ►… …

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  • 9Sell Out (song) — Infobox Single Name=Sell Out Artist=Reel Big Fish from Album=Turn The Radio Off Released=August 13, 1996 Format= Recorded= Genre=Third Wave Ska Length=3:47 Label=Mojo Records Writer= Producer= Chart position= Reviews= Artist=Reel Big Fish Last… …

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  • 10Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …

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