sellout

5 definitions • 5 examples

a performance or sports event for which no more tickets are available, because it is so popular:

The concert was a sellout.

a situation in which someone does not do what they have promised to do or what they should do:

Most of the workers see the union agreement as a sellout.

A sellout performance or sports event has no more tickets available, because it is so popular:

He will donate the proceeds of one of his sellout shows to charity.

the selling of all the tickets to an event, or of all available items:

Saturday’s show was a sellout.

the act of doing something selfishly for money, without considering principles or damage to others:

The peace deal was praised by some as a courageous breakthrough while others condemned it as a sellout.