Definition

1. Verb:
   • To sell off hastily or in a panic: To sell something, especially assets or goods, quickly and often at a low price, typically due to fear, urgency, or a sudden drop in market value.

Usage Instructions

• "Bán tháo" is used to describe a rapid, large-scale selling action, often in financial markets (like stocks or real estate) or business contexts, driven by negative sentiment or a desire to exit a position quickly to avoid further losses.
• It implies a lack of careful consideration and a sense of urgency or panic.
• It is typically transitive and requires an object (what is being sold off).

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các nhà đầu tư đang bán tháo cổ phiếu vì lo ngại suy thoái kinh tế. (Investors are selling off stocks due to fears of an economic recession.)
  • Cửa hàng phải bán tháo hàng tồn kho với giá rẻ. (The store had to sell off its inventory cheaply.)
  • Thông tin xấu khiến nhiều người bán tháo bất động sản. (Bad news caused many people to sell off their real estate hastily.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bán tháo ồ ạt": To sell off massively/flood the market.
  • Thị trường chứng khoán chứng kiến đợt bán tháo ồ ạt. (The stock market witnessed a massive sell-off.)
• "Tâm lý bán tháo": Panic selling sentiment.
  • Tâm lý bán tháo đang lan rộng trên thị trường. (Panic selling sentiment is spreading across the market.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bán tống bán tháo (Idiomatic phrase): To sell off desperately/at fire-sale prices. This phrase intensifies the meaning of "bán tháo."
  • Công ty đang bán tống bán tháo tài sản để trả nợ. (The company is desperately selling off assets to pay debts.)
• Tháo chạy (Verb): To flee, to run away (often used figuratively for capital flight).
  • Vốn nước ngoài đang tháo chạy khỏi thị trường. (Foreign capital is fleeing the market.)

Synonyms

• Bán ồ ạt: To sell in large quantities/flood.
• Bán gấp: To sell urgently.
• Xả hàng: To dump goods (common in commerce).

Related Phrases/Idioms

• "Bán tháo như cho": To sell off as if giving away (emphasizes the very low price).
  • Họ bán tháo mẫu xe cũ như cho. (They sold off the old car models as if giving them away.)

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