Meaning | sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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Example | "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter" |
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Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
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commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
Broader | sell | Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
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