sellout

See also: sell-out and sell out

English

Alternative forms

• sell-out

Etymology

A deverbal from sell out.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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^[1], 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 compromises his or her principles for financial gain.

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

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.

Related terms

• selldown (noun)
• sell-off (noun)

Translations

an action in which principles are compromised for financial gain

• Hungarian: elárulás (hu), árulás (hu), becsapás (hu), átverés (hu)

a person who compromises his or her principles

• Arabic: مَأْجُوْرٌ m (maʔjuwrun)
• Catalan: venut (ca) m
• French: vendu (fr) m
• Hungarian: haszonleső (hu), érdekhajhász, pénzsóvár (hu)
• Polish: sprzedawczyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: vendido (pt) m
• Russian: прода́жный челове́к m (prodážnyj čelovék), прода́жная душа́ f (prodážnaja dušá)
• Serbo-Croatian: prodana duša
• Spanish: vendido (es)
• Urdu: بِکاؤُ (bikā'ū)

the selling of an entire stock of something, especially tickets for an entertainment or sports event

• Hungarian: telt ház

See also

• buyout

Anagrams

• outsell

Breton

Alternative forms

• sellet
• selled (Skolveurieg)

Etymology

From Middle Breton sellet, from Proto-Celtic *stillom (“look”), of uncertain ultimate origin.

Verb

sellout

1. (transitive) to watch
2. (intransitive, + ouzh) to look at
3. (transitive) to see
4. (transitive) to concern
5. (transitive) to consider

Usage notes

This verb may be used with or without the preposition ouzh:

Emaon o sellout ouzh an tele. ― I'm watching TV.

Emaon o sellout an tele. ― I'm watching TV.

However, when used without ouzh, the verb may take the meaning of "to see" (usually portrayed by the verb gwelet).

Conjugation

Conjugation of sellout

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	sellan	sellez	sell	sellomp	sellit	sellont	seller
	preterite	sellis	selljout	sellas	selljomp	selljoc'h	selljont	selljod
	imperfect	sellen	selles	selle	sellemp	sellec'h	sellent	selled
	future	sellin	selli	sello	sellimp	sellot	sellint	sellor
subjunctive	present	sellfen	sellfes	sellfe	sellfemp	sellfec'h	sellfent	sellfed
	imperfect	selljen	selljes	sellje	selljemp	selljec'h	selljent	selljed
imperative		—	sell	sellet	sellomp	sellit	sellent	—
non-finite forms		present participle		past participle
		o sellout		sellet (auxiliary verb: kaout)

References

• Ian Press (1986) A grammar of modern Breton, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 7