sell-off 
noun
1A sale of assets, typically at a low price, carried out in order to dispose of them: a programme of sell-offs and acquisitions enabled the group to boost profits by more than 50 per cent [mass noun]: the sell-off of assets of the former National Bus Company groups...
- That could force Singh to slow or halt further sell-offs of state assets in sectors like energy and food distribution.
- As a result, we saw the sell-off of State assets and the rest of that.
- The sell-off of its assets was to pay compensation to 80 victims of abuse in the order's schools and orphanages.
1.1chiefly North American A sale of shares, bonds, or commodities, especially one that causes a fall in price: the stock market was shaken earlier this week by sell-offs in defence issues...
- The news triggered a sell-off; Nextel shares fell to a two-year low following the warning.
- Granted, there's little or no evidence yet of such an unhappy outcome, despite the recent sell-off in technology shares.
- The current sell-off in the mining shares is a buying opportunity.