单词 | to sell out |
释义 | > as lemmasto sell out to sell out 1. transitive. To distribute by sale. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > distribute by trade, sale, or order distrade1623 to sell out1648 fill1860 place1887 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xii. 42 The Herbes and Salets..which were sold out, brought in a great Rent yeerely. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 506 The Corn being sold out at a much dearer Rate than 'tis bought up. 2. To dispose of (stock, shares, etc.) by sale. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (transitive)] > specific operations subscribe1618 to take up1655 to sell out1721 to take in1721 to take up1740 pool?1780 capitalize1797 put1814 feed1818 to vote (the) stock (or shares)1819 corner1836 to sell short1852 promote1853 recapitalize1856 refund1857 float1865 water1865 margin1870 unload1870 acquire1877 maintain1881 syndicate1882 scalp1886 pyramid1888 underwrite1889 oversubscribe1891 joint-stock1894 wash1895 write1908 mark1911 split1927 marry1931 stag1935 unwind1958 short1959 preplace1966 unitize1970 bed and breakfast1974 index-link1974 warehouse1977 daisy-chain1979 strip1981 greenmail1984 pull1986 1721 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. Mar. (1966) II. 1 I advis'd him..to sell out of the Subscription [for South Sea stock]. a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) ii. 40 Then sell out till you sink it [sc. stock] two and a half. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xxiii. 300 I wrote..sending her a power of attorney to him [sc. the agent], to sell out the stock. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. iv. 68 He made arrangements for selling out a couple of hundred pounds worth of consols. 1893 W. G. Cordingley Guide to Stock Exchange 61 Should a purchaser fail to take up his securities..when the Certificate and Transfer are presented to him, the seller has the right to instruct an official to ‘sell out’ at once by auction. 3. intransitive. To dispose of one's commission in the army by sale. Now historical. (Cf. 3b above.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > appointment to rank > be appointed to rank [verb (intransitive)] > sell commission to sell out1787 1787 Minor 13 After some campaigns;.. his creditors allowing him the alternative of rotting in a jail, or selling out. 1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel (1861) iv. 133 His regiment was ordered to India, and he sold out. 4. transitive. To dispose of the whole of (one's stock, property, etc.) by sale. Also absol., and intransitive for passive.Also colloquial in passive, to have sold one's whole stock of some article. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > sell assets for cash realize1781 to sell out1811 society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > completely dispose of by sale to sell upc1480 to sell offa1684 to sell out1811 to close out1852 society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > be sold or find buyers > completely to sell out1811 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. xii. 228 In spite of its [sc. an estate's] owner having once been within some thousand pounds of being obliged to sell out at a loss. View more context for this quotation 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 155 Three young women went to market with eggs... All three sold out, and at the same rate. 1898 Daily News 8 Aug. 2/5 [He] sold out his licensed premises. 1907 Daily Chron. 9 Sept. 3/1 I produced two one act operas..and our takings were no more than £57. In Germany or Italy the house would have been sold out. 1914 Daily Mail 31 Jan. 1/2 My first parcel from you sold out very quickly. 1974 M. Birmingham You can help Me ii. 39 The Friday flower stall was rapidly selling out. 5. colloquial (originally U.S. Political slang). transitive and intransitive. To betray a person or cause for gain (cf. sell-out n. at sell n.2 4). Also transitive, to betray (a candidate) by secret bargains (Cent. Dict. 1891). ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > be unfaithful [verb (intransitive)] > betray principles, etc., for gain to sell out1857 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (transitive)] > betray candidate by secret bargains to sell out1857 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > be unfaithful to [verb (transitive)] > principles, etc. > for gain to sell out1857 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxiii. 110 When this transfer of the solid vote of a body of agitators is the result of a bargain with the old party which gets the vote, it is called ‘selling out’. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iii. 78 He has sold out to the parliamentary humbugs and the bourgeoisie. 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 112 The English are going to sell out on us. 1976 Survey Winter 86 Barbé called for tactics of disobedience to the colonial administrators and to the traditional chiefs who had ‘sold out’ to the French government. < as lemmas |
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