sell down
To slowly sell shares or investments bit by bit to reduce how much you own.
Meanings
To gradually sell portions of a financial stake or holding in order to reduce one's position.
"The fund manager began to sell down its stake in the tech company after the quarterly results disappointed."
(Archaic/historical) To sell someone, particularly an enslaved person, to a harsher owner as punishment — used in the phrase 'sell down the river'.
"In the American South, being 'sold down the river' meant being sent to the most brutal plantations."
Primarily a financial term used in investment, banking, and business contexts. Also found in the phrase 'sell someone down the river', which is a separate idiom meaning to betray someone.
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