"sell down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-sell down.ogg [Australia] Forms: sells down [present, singular, third-person], selling down [participle, present], sold down [participle, past], sold down [past]
Etymology: sell + down Head templates: {{en-verb|sell<,,sold> down}} sell down (third-person singular simple present sells down, present participle selling down, simple past and past participle sold down)
  1. (intransitive, British, business) To become less by being sold. Tags: British, intransitive Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-sell_down-en-verb-ZcldBmC1 Categories (other): British English Topics: business
  2. (transitive, British, business) To reduce by selling. Tags: British, transitive Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-sell_down-en-verb-ppELpxID Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 52 13 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 28 72 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 26 65 9 Topics: business
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: selldown [noun] Related terms: sell off [verb], sell out [verb], sell up [verb]
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-sell down.ogg [Australia] Forms: sells down [present, singular, third-person], selling down [participle, present], sold down [participle, past], sold down [past]
Etymology: Shortening of sell down the river Head templates: {{en-verb|sell<,,sold> down}} sell down (third-person singular simple present sells down, present participle selling down, simple past and past participle sold down)
  1. (idiomatic) To betray a person; to conspire against someone for personal gain. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-sell_down-en-verb-BYC9C1r5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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