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sell up

vb (adverb) Chiefly Brit

1. (Business / Commerce) (tr) to sell all (the possessions or assets) of (a bankrupt debtor) in order to discharge his debts as far as possible

2. (Business / Commerce) (intr) to sell a business

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Verb

sell up - get rid of all one's merchandise

liquidize, sell out

commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

chuck out, discard, cast aside, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

Translations

? sell up (esp Brit)

vt sep → zu Geld machen (inf); (Fin) → zwangsverkaufen; he was sold up by his creditors → die Gläubiger ließen seinen Besitz zwangsverkaufen

vi → sein Haus/seinen Besitz/seine Firma etc verkaufen or zu Geld machen (inf)

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