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A deverbal from sell out.

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• IPA: /ˈsɛlˌaʊt/

名詞

sellout (plural sellouts)

1. (informal, idiomatic) An action in which principles are compromised for personal gain.
   • 1980 April 19, Philip Shehadi, “Bryant Program Sparks Protest”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     A statement by the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights (CLGR), which organized the protest, charged that WPIX's sale of air time to the Anita Bryant Ministries "is a sell-out of the more than one million lesbians and gay residents in the WPIX broadcast service area.

   • 2005, Jesse Helms, “Foreign Relations Experiences”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 229:

     When his hearing came up, the sellout of Taiwan was particularly on my mind. I asked him if he thought that Taiwan should be pressured into making an accommodation with the Communist government in Beijing.
     The candidate refused to answer my question.

2. (informal, idiomatic) A person who sells out, who compromises their principles for financial gain or some other advantage.

   The rock star used to be hardcore, but now he's just a sellout.

   • 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:

     The nineties were not an age for the aspirant. The worst thing you could be was a sellout, and not because selling out involved money. Selling out meant you needed to be popular, and any explicit desire for approval was enough to prove you were terrible.

3. The selling of an entire stock of something, especially tickets for an entertainment or sports event.

   I performed in front of a sellout crowd.

   • 1994 October, Michael Bronski, “Queer and Present Danger: Gay Conservatives, Sex and the Christianization of the Gay Movement”, in Gay Community News, page 22:

     Mel White recalls being a high school student and seeing Billy Graham preaching before sell-out crowds at San Francisco's Cow Palace.

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動詞

sell out (third-person singular simple present sells out, present participle selling out, simple past and past participle sold out)

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

   Synonyms: run out, stock out

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

   • 1977 August 27, Steve Savage, Susan "Suki" Eagan, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Suki, But Were Too Distracted In Chaps to Ask Her”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 8, page 8:

     Like when Rosario and I have a really on day, I mean, we could sell this place out of beer, you know.

   • 2021 March 24, Stefanie Foster, “Hidden London: Old Tube on YouTube”, in RAIL, number 927, page 41:

     By the end of July [2020], Brompton Road station was available as a virtual tour and tickets were selling out fast.

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.

   • 2013, “Asshole”, in The Marshall Mathers LP 2, performed by Eminem:

     It's like tellin' Gwen Stefani she sold out / ‘Cause I was tryna leave no doubt

   • 2019 March 6, Soraya Roberts, “Reality Bites Captured Gen X With Perfect Irony”, in The Atlantic‎:

     […] Lelaina is also attempting to choose between two men who represent her divergent prospects: to sell out or not to sell out. That particular quandary was styled as a hallmark of Generation X, and Reality Bites was perhaps the most polished of a bunch of mainstream attempts to portray the ambivalent cohort.

   • 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:

     The nineties were not an age for the aspirant. The worst thing you could be was a sellout, and not because selling out involved money. Selling out meant you needed to be popular, and any explicit desire for approval was enough to prove you were terrible.

   • 2023 July 19, Caspar Salmon, “Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     But the recent writer and actor strikes in the US show that selling out is not just a question of personal ethics, but an industry-wide concern. A director’s decision to align themselves with these Goliaths of entertainment has consequences; makes money for the big guy, in opposition to fostering an industry where smaller films and creators have more opportunities.

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

   Synonyms: sell, sell the pass, sell down the river; see also Thesaurus:betray

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

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.

   1. (figurative) To commit or abandon oneself entirely (to a cause, a team, etc.).
5. (historical, military) To sell one's commission.
   • 1857, Washington Irving, Life of George Washington, volume 2, page 267:

     After the peace of Versailles he resided in England; but, about three years before the breaking out of the Revolution, he sold out his commission in the army and emigrated to New York.

6. (intransitive, archaic) To hurry out.

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