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1. A sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks, bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade

1. Get rid of by selling, usually at reduced prices
   "The store sold off the surplus merchandise"

Derived forms: selling off, selloffs, sells off, sold off

Type of: cut-rate sale, flog [Brit, informal], sale, sales event, sell