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sell

v. to transfer possession and ownership goods or other property for money or something of equivalent value. (See: sale)

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Overall, since 2010, the government has approved 20 school playing field sell offs across Merseyside.
News FOOTBALL CRAZY; UNION SAYS PITCH SALES THREATEN NATIONAL TEAM
Therefore, it is statistically correct to blame Tory Governments for school field sell offs as the sheer scale of school fields sell offs by Tory Governments are Leviathan in proportion to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's period of government.
Playing field sell-off; Your say
She later met a man called Prabhas who advised her to sell off her daughters
Penniless mother sells off three daughters for ` 185
David Bloom, a London-based analyst with HSBC Holdings said, 'If the US is downgraded, the dollar might sell off at the margins, but there isn't going to be a slam-dunk, cataclysmic sell off that is suddenly going to make everyone hate the dollar and love the euro.'
-HSBC hopeful that US dollar could withstand ratings downgrade
Forests are left in trust to us for future generations, they are not anyone's to sell off, any more than the fields or hills.
Selling our forests is sheer stupidity; viewpoint
"We had some very definite goals when we started Sell Off Auctions," Josh, a company spokesman said.
Sell Off Auctions Says They Are Growing Faster Than They Ever Expected
The bill shields state and local government pension funds from lawsuits if they sell off investments in foreign firms that have $20 million or more invested in Iranian oil and natural gas operations, or have provided equipment for the export of oil or natural gas from Iran.
Congress passes another of its weekly anti-Iran bills
Summary: The Prime Minister's plans to sell off Au16 billion pounds worth of assets has been branded a national car boot sale.
Brown announces Au16 billion 'sell off'
The government is to sell off 16 billion pounds (25.4 billion dollars, 17.2 billion euros) of assets, Brown was to say, and according to extracts from a keynote speech he was to give in London.
Recession-hit Britain to sell off state assets
Byron Davies agreed to reconsider his decision to sell off 2.1 hectares of playing fields where Ryan Giggs first played school football following the request of a city scrutiny committee.
Planned sale of school field is reconsidered
According to a Bloomberg report, government trader Liu Qibing made unauthorized short position trades that ultimately resulted in the government needing to sell off the copper tonnage to generate cash to cover the transactions.
Red hot: red metals pricing continues to defy expectations that it has topped out and is due for a fall
Residents can thank the Helium Privatization Act of 1996, which authorized the government to sell off its long-derided stockpile of the gas.
High on helium: selling off stockpiles

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