sell-off
Rapid asset dumping
A sell-off is a rapid, widespread sale of assets—typically stocks or securities—that drives prices down sharply.
The term implies urgency and scale: The earnings report triggered a market sell-off.
Sell-offs often reflect panic or loss of confidence, though they may also signal strategic repositioning.
Outside finance, a sell-off can be any large-scale disposal of assets: The company announced a sell-off of its retail properties.
Sudden violent impact
- plungeSudden steep descent
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- downturnEconomic decline period
bear market · volatility · panic · capitulation · bloodbath · meltdown · contagion · stampede
Permitted passage or approval
- markdownsLowered retail prices
- discountsSubtractions from full price
- bargainsGoods at reduced prices
- dealsAgreements or distributions
promotions · specials · fire sale · closeout · overstock · blowout · liquidation sale · deep discounts
Competitive public sale
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
disposal · creditors · fire sale · winding up · dissolution · foreclosure · liquidator · distress sale
Derived work from original
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- assetsOwned items of value
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
stake · shareholder · portfolio · divestment · transaction · acquisition · merger · conglomerate
crash
Sudden violent impact
- plungeSudden steep descent
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- correctionFixing of mistakes
downturn · bear market · volatility · panic · capitulation · bloodbath · meltdown · contagion · stampede · exodus
clearance
Permitted passage or approval
deals · promotions · specials · fire sale · closeout · overstock · blowout · liquidation sale · deep discounts
auction
Competitive public sale
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
insolvency · disposal · creditors · fire sale · winding up · dissolution · foreclosure · liquidator · distress sale · forced sale
spinoff
Derived work from original
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- assetsOwned items of value
equity · stake · shareholder · portfolio · divestment · transaction · acquisition · merger · conglomerate · corporate
- bear marketbearish, decline, downturn, correction, downtrend
- liquidationsliquidation, fire sale, closeout, forced sale, bankruptcy sale
- Market Crashescrash, market collapse, collapse, Black Monday, Black Tuesday
- market movementsup, down, rising, falling, increase
- market movesdip, drop, decline, correction, reversal
- divestituresdivestiture, divestment, disposal, spinoff, carve-out
sell-offbuying spree
Extended purchasing frenzy
rally · bull run · buying frenzy · run-up · surge
sell-offaccumulation
Collected mass over time
acquisition · buildup · buying up · stockpiling · amassing
sell-offbull market
Period of rising prices
melt-up · rally · bull run · euphoria · buying frenzy