Meaning

8 senses
  1. To sell all of a supply or stock of something.

    They sold out of concert posters yesterday and won't get another shipment until next week.

    ausverkaufen

    распродава́тьrasprodavátʹ, распрода́тьrasprodátʹ

    розпродава́тиrozprodaváty, розпрода́тиrozprodáty, розпро́дуватиrozpróduvaty

    sell or get rid of all one's merchandise

  2. (intransitive)To abandon or betray one's principles to seek profit or other personal advantage; to abandon or betray one's supporters through this change.

    It used to be a pleasant little community, until the leaders sold out to the developers.

    He used to be a voice for the underdog until he sold out.

  3. (transitive)To betray (a person), usually a close friend or family member, for personal gain.

    I'll kill him if I see him again; he sold me out.

    продава́тисяprodavátysja, прода́тисяprodátysja

  4. To sell one's business (with a connotative emphasis on entirety and finality).

    The owners long resisted buyout offers, but when they were ready to retire, they finally sold out to a competitor.

  5. To sell one's business (with a connotative emphasis on entirety and finality).

    (figuratively)To commit or abandon oneself entirely (to a cause, a team, etc.).

  6. (historical)To sell one's commission.

  7. (ambitransitive, dated)To liquidate, sell off, or divest oneself of financial investments, stocks, or government funds.

  8. (archaic, intransitive)To hurry out.

Examples

98 sentences
  1. The seats are all sold out.

    Всі місця зарезервовано. — deniko

    ruВсе места проданы. — odexed

    deAlle Plätze sind ausgebucht. — xtofu80

  2. I'm sorry, we're sold out.

    Мені прикро, але всі квиткі продані. — deniko

  3. All the tickets are sold out.

    ruВсе билеты проданы. — shanghainese

    deAlle Karten sind ausverkauft. — Esperantostern

  4. The concert is already sold out.

    deDas Konzert ist schon ausverkauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Everything we sell is made out of wood.

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
sell all of a product:
abandon or betray one's principles:
Русский
By meaning 1
sell all of a product:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sell all of a product:

Forms

sells out, selling out, sold out, sold out
Base formsell out · to sell out
3rd person singularsells out
Present participleselling out
Past simplesold out
Past participlesold out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysell out
he, she, itsells out

Past simpleLesson

all personssold out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sold out
he, she, ithas sold out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sell out

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

29 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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