| 单词 | to sell up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sell up to sell up 1. transitive. To dispose of the whole of (a person's stock, goods, etc.) by sale. ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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 c1480 Childe of Bristowe 209 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 118 Al the catel his fader hade, he sold it up, and money made. 1566 Stowe in Three 15th Cent. Chron. (Camden) 140 He sold up his movable goods and went to Rie. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 55 He..had determined to sell all up. 2. To dispose of the whole or a portion of the goods of (an insolvent or bankrupt person) for the benefit of his creditors. Also with the goods as object. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > completely dispose of by sale > a bankrupt or his goods roupc1817 to sell up1825 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 149 Being much averse to dunning, I was soon sold up. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) ix. 76 He..would..drink his glass with a tenant and sell him up the next day. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xviii. 153 The house and furniture of Russell Square were seized and sold up. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret II. ix. 196 I was obliged to sell him up..for he owed me fifteen months' rent. 3. intransitive. To dispose of (a house, business, etc.) by sale. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > completely dispose of by sale > a house or business to close out1852 to sell up1862 1862 Manch. Examiner 8 July 6/2 We hed a varra good heawse i' Stanley-street, once; but we hed to sell up an' creep hitherto. 1977 E. Dewhurst Curtain Fall xviii. 216 She would be coming home only in order to sell up. < as lemmas |
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