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121sell short — v. To sell shares of stock or other commodities borrowed from someone else, intending to buy them back at a lower price later so as to make a profit and still be able to return the shares or their value to their original owner. n. short sale See… …
122sell like hot cakes — INFORMAL ► to be bought quickly and in large numbers: »With profits bonds have sold like hot cakes to older people looking for a low risk, high return for their money. Main Entry: ↑sell …
123sell-off — sell ,off noun count 1. ) AMERICAN a situation in which a lot of STOCKS are sold at the same time, making prices go down: a temporary sell off on Wall Street 2. ) BRITISH a situation in which a business or part of a business is sold …
124sell at high rate — sell for a high price, sell for a lot of money …
125sell by raffle — sell by lottery, sell by a random drawing …
126sell one's bacon — sell oneself, sell oneself into slavery …
127sell like hotcakes — sell quickly, sell rapidly The tickets for the football game were selling like hotcakes when I inquired this morning …
128sell one's soul (to the devil) — be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, in order to achieve one s objective. → sell …