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sell down

verb

Etymology

Shortening of sell down the river

  1. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻
  2. derived from *dūnom✻
  3. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻ — “smoke, haze, dust”
  4. inherited from *dūnaz✻
  5. inherited from *dūnā✻ — “sandhill, dune”
  6. inherited from dūn
  7. inherited from doune
  8. compounded as sell down — “sell + down”

Definitions

  1. To become less by being sold.

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

  2. To reduce by selling.

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

  3. To betray a person

    To betray a person; to conspire against someone for personal gain.

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Derived

selldown

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA