(Britain, finance) To sell misleadingly, fraudulently, or in violation of laws or regulations.

(intransitive) To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home). / (transitive, Britain) To sell all (of the assets of a company or person), in order to reduce its debts or gain liquid money.

Alternative form of sell short

(transitive, finance) To engage in the process of short selling (selling a stock one does not own on the premise of the stock's price going down). / Alternative form of sell oneself short

Alternative form of sell short

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of short-sell

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sell short

plural of sell-by date

(idiomatic, originally Ireland) To betray one's comrades or countrymen; to betray a cause.

(historical) To offer for sale by auction as long as a small piece of candle burns; the winning bid is the last one made before the flame goes out.