sellout

See also: sell-out and sell out

English

Alternative forms

• sell-out

Etymology

Deverbal from sell out.

Noun

sellout (plural sellouts)

1. 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. 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.
   • 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.

   The game was a sellout.

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

Personal forms
	Indicative				Conditional		Imperative
	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Present	Imperfect
1s	sellan	sellen	sellis	sellin	sellfen	selljen	-
2s	sellez	selles	selljout	selli	sellfes	selljes	sell
3s	sell	selle	sellas	sello	sellfe	sellje	sellet
1p	sellomp	sellemp	selljomp	sellimp	sellfemp	selljemp	sellomp
2p	sellit	sellec'h	selljoc'h	sellot	sellfec'h	selljec'h	sellit
3p	sellont	sellent	selljont	sellint	sellfent	selljent	sellent
0	seller	selled	selljod	sellor	sellfed	selljed	-
Impersonal forms					Mutated forms
Infinitive		sellout, sellet			Soft mutation after a		a sell-
Present participle		o sellout			Mixed mutation after e		e sell-
Past participle		sellet (auxiliary verb: kaout)			Soft mutation after ne/na		ne/na sell-

References

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