sell off
Unload at discount
To sell off is to dispose of assets, usually quickly or at reduced prices.
Businesses sell off divisions or inventory; investors sell off stocks during downturns.
A sell-off as a noun describes widespread selling, especially in financial markets: The tech sector experienced a major sell-off.
The phrase suggests urgency or necessity rather than leisurely commerce.
Permitted passage or approval
- discountReduced price offered
- markdownReduction in retail price
- closeoutSale to eliminate inventory
- bargainFavorable purchase price
inventory · overstock · surplus · blowout · fire sale · outlet · warehouse · final sale
Disposal of assets
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- mergerCorporate combination
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- assetsOwned items of value
equity · shares · portfolio · stakeholder · investor · liquidation · spinoff · auction
Convert assets to currency
- dumpWaste disposal site
- jettisonDeliberately discard, especially cargo
- shedCast off naturally
- offloadTransfer elsewhere to lighten
unload · divest · relinquish · deaccession · scrap · ditch · abandon · eliminate
Remove unnecessary items
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- garage saleResidential secondhand merchandise event
- estate saleLiquidation of household contents
- donateGive to charity
rehome · downsize · simplify · minimize · discard · unload · consignment · secondhand
Rearrange fundamental organization
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- redundanciesUnneeded duplications or repetitions
consolidation · contraction · workforce reduction · retrenchment · cutbacks · rightsizing · belt-tightening · trimming
clearance
Permitted passage or approval
bargain · inventory · overstock · surplus · blowout · fire sale · outlet · warehouse · final sale · reduction
divestiture
Disposal of assets
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- mergerCorporate combination
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
assets · equity · shares · portfolio · stakeholder · investor · liquidation · spinoff · auction · monetize
liquidate
Convert assets to currency
offload · unload · divest · relinquish · deaccession · scrap · ditch · abandon · eliminate · clear out
declutter
Remove unnecessary items
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- garage saleResidential secondhand merchandise event
- estate saleLiquidation of household contents
donate · rehome · downsize · simplify · minimize · discard · unload · consignment · secondhand · resale
restructure
Rearrange fundamental organization
- layoffsMass job eliminations
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
redundancies · consolidation · contraction · workforce reduction · retrenchment · cutbacks · rightsizing · belt-tightening · trimming · outsource
- divestliquidate, offload, shed, strip, carve out
- Wall Streetstock market, bond market, stocks, shares, Wall Street
- reorganizationreorganize, restructure, reshuffle, rearrange, realign
- declutteringdecluttering, organizing, donating, purging, discarding
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- payoutspayout, disbursement, dividend, cash prize, reimbursement
off, sell, seller, selling, sells, salesperson, resell, saleswoman, resold