sell down

Verb

Britain intransitive transitive

(intransitive, Britain, business) To become less by being sold. / (transitive, Britain, business) To reduce by selling.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）売却されることによって、量や規模が減少する / （他動詞）売却によって、数量や規模を縮小する

After the merger, the company's stake began to sell down as investors took profits.

合併後、投資家が利益確定のために売却したことで、会社の持ち株は売却されて減少し始めた。

Sense（1）

(intransitive, Britain, business) To become less by being sold.

Don't order any potato cakes for 3 days while what we have sells down.

Sense（2）

(transitive, Britain, business) To reduce by selling.

Don't order any potato cakes for 3 days while we sell down our stocks., or

sells down

（ present singular third-person ）

selling down

（ participle present ）

sold down

（ participle past ）

sold down

（ past ）