Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To sell at low cost, in order to sell it quickly.
WordNet
v. get rid of by selling, usually at reduced prices; "The store sold off the surplus merchandise"
Usage examples of "sell off".
If we convert to a public corporation, with say two hundred thousand shares, we'd take a hundred thousand of them to represent present ownership, and then gradually sell off some of the other hundred thousand as needed.
The committee determined that the best option would be to subdivide it and sell off individual lots.
Sexwale knew the company wanted to sell off its diamond holdings and concentrate on gold.
However, I've been thinking that we might start to sell off a few of the houses, to relieve the pressure.
Were I so inclined, I could sell the Steed children south at prices considerably in advance of these, but at Steeds we do not sell off our children.
Joseph had failed, and Isaac was about to sell off his goods at auction, and quit the country.
Joseph hadfailed, and Isaac was about to sell off his goods at auction, and quitthe country.
The fact that the Frankfurt Jewish community had to sell its synagogue silver in the winter of 1631-32 is evidence of how desperate that community was, since this is close to the last thing a community would sell off in hard times.