De-access (Verb)
Meaning
Dispose of by selling; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The art gallery decided to de-access several paintings by lesser-known artists to make room for newer, more contemporary pieces.
- The museum's board voted to de-access some of its lesser-valued artifacts to raise funds for the renovation project.
- The university library chose to de-access duplicate copies of out-of-print books to clear shelf space.
- The museum curator carefully selected items from the collection to de-access at the annual auction to benefit the arts community.
- The company's publishing arm decided to de-access several magazines that were no longer profitable in order to focus on its more successful titles.