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The Church sold off the land for housing.
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In the nineties most state-owned industries were sold off.
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sell 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. ►… … Financial and business terms
ˌsell sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to sell something quickly and for a low price, usually because you need the money … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
palm something off — FOIST, fob off, get rid of, dispose of, unload. → palm * * * sell or dispose of something by misrepresentation or fraud they palmed off their shoddiest products on the Russians * * * ˌpalm sthˈoff (on/onto sb) | ˌpalm sbˈoff (with sth) derived… … Useful english dictionary
auction something off — ˌauction sthˈoff derived to sell sth at an ↑auction, especially sth that is no longer needed or wanted • The Army is auctioning off a lot of surplus equipment. Main entry: ↑auctionderived … Useful english dictionary
palm something off — informal sell or dispose of something by misrepresentation or fraud. → palm … English new terms dictionary
sell — ▪ 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 … Financial and business terms
sell off — verb get rid of by selling, usually at reduced prices The store sold off the surplus merchandise • Derivationally related forms: ↑selloff • Hypernyms: ↑sell • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * … Useful english dictionary
sell off — PHRASAL VERB If you sell something off, you sell it because you need the money. → See also sell off [V P n (not pron)] The company is selling off some sites and concentrating on cutting debts... [V n P] We had to sell things off to pay … English dictionary
sell — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hive something off (to something) — ˌhive sthˈoff (to/into sth) derived often passive (especially BrE) to separate one part of a group from the rest; to sell part of a business • The IT department is being hived off into a new company. • The company decided to hive off some of its… … Useful english dictionary
