Advertisement
Advertisement
sellout
[sel-out ]
noun
- Informal.a person who compromises their personal values, integrity, talent, etc., for money or personal advancement.
- Informal.a person who betrays a cause, organization, or the like; traitor.
- an act or instance of selling out.
- an entertainment, as a show or athletic event, for which all the seats are sold.
Word History and Origins
Origin ofsellout1
Example Sentences
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.
Tickets for India-Pakistan games still fly off the shelves - the ICC reported sellouts within minutes.
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.
Ten of those games were sellouts, helping the Galaxy break the franchise single-season attendance record.
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.
Advertisement
Related Words
Browse