(finance) wide-scale selling of an investment out of emotion and fear, rather than evaluating the fundamentals, which causes a sharp decline in prices

(transitive, finance) To sell an investment out of fear or anxiety with little regard to the price.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sell dearly

present participle of sell dearly

(idiomatic, especially military, of a fighting person, unit, or vehicle) To make one's opponent pay a very high price to defeat or obtain (a person, unit, vehicle, or territory).

plural of sell-off

(idiomatic) To persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.

(African-American Vernacular) To make threats or boasts, especially if empty and/or if made to intimidate someone.

(idiomatic) To abandon one's spiritual values or moral principles for wealth or other benefits.

(transitive, idiomatic) To betray, especially in a manner which causes serious difficulty for the one betrayed.