"panic selling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: panic sellings [plural]
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  1. (finance) wide-scale selling of an investment out of emotion and fear, rather than evaluating the fundamentals, which causes a sharp decline in prices Wikipedia link: panic selling Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Finance Related terms: panic seller, panic buying
    Sense id: en-panic_selling-en-noun-e8msQCMu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: business, finance

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