sell-out—
1. mass sale of a commodity:
- The shortage of shopping times for working people causes overcrowding, poor service and sell-outs on Saturday.
2. a show for which all seats are sold:
- I have four tickets…. They’re absolutely impossible to get, show is a sell-out, but the agent is a friend of mine.
3. a sacrifice of principles, especially in order to gain an advantage:
- This meeting was just another sell-out to the management.
4. a person who makes a betrayal of principles:
- Mr. Mugabe’s guerrillas infiltrated the region murdering those who were considered sell-outs.
selling out—
1. disposition of the whole of one’s stock, etc. by sale:
- The selling out of an edition in so short a time was without precedence.
2. = sell-out 3:
- His best friends were now accusing him of selling out.