SELL-OUT


Meaning of SELL-OUT in English

also sellout

(~s)

1.

If a play, sports event, or other entertainment is a ~, all the tickets for it are sold.

Their concert there was a ~.

N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N n

2.

If you describe someone’s behaviour as a ~, you disapprove of the fact that they have done something which used to be against their principles, or given in to an opposing group.

For some, his decision to become a Socialist candidate at Sunday’s election was simply a ~.

N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N to n disapproval

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