sellout

• sell-out

Deverbal from sell out.

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.

   The game was a sellout.

   • 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.

• outsell

• sellet
• selled (Skolveurieg)

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

sellout

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

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).

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