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sellout

[ sel-out ]

noun

  1. Informal. a person who compromises their personal values, integrity, talent, etc., for money or personal advancement.
  2. Informal. a person who betrays a cause, organization, or the like; traitor.
  3. an act or instance of selling out.
  4. an entertainment, as a show or athletic event, for which all the seats are sold.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sellout1

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase sell out
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Live Nation has cited a 94% sellout rate, but the prevalence of available resale tickets at rock-bottom prices suggests that fans, at best, are having some buyer’s remorse.

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Tickets for India-Pakistan games still fly off the shelves - the ICC reported sellouts within minutes.

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By the time kick-off came around, Quins, decked out in pink and blue, had shifted 50,000 tickets – a sellout after the authorities limited attendance because of transport issues.

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Ten of those games were sellouts, helping the Galaxy break the franchise single-season attendance record.

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Rancho libertarians were seen as antiquated vendidos — sellouts — who would drown in the progressive blue wave that had covered California due to GOP xenophobia and that was now spreading across the country.

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