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selling climax

noun

Definition of SELLING CLIMAX

:  a sharp decline in stock prices for a short time on very heavy trading volume followed by a rally
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First Known Use of SELLING CLIMAX

circa 1949

Rhymes with SELLING CLIMAX

anticlimax, Astyanax, bikini wax, carnauba wax, hydrothorax, mesothorax, metathorax, property tax, vegetable wax, withholding tax

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