Meaning of SELL
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- [n] the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell"
- [v] persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
- [v] give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career"
- [v] exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"
- [v] do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
- [v] deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
- [v] be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes"
- [v] be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products"
- [v] be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles"
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| | Synonyms: | | betray, deal, trade |
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| | See Also: | | administer, allot, auction, auction off, auctioneer, be, black marketeer, bootleg, cede, change, clear, cozen, deaccession, deal out, deceive, deliver, delude, dish out, dispense, dispose, distribute, dole out, double cross, dump, exchange, fob off, foist off, give, give up, hawk, huckster, interchange, lead on, lot, market, merchandise, mete out, monger, move, negociate, palm off, parcel out, peddle, persuade, pitch, prostitute, push, pyramid, realise, realize, remainder, resell, retail, retail, sacrifice, sale, scalp, sell short, shell out, surrender, sway, syndicate, transact, trust, undercut, underprice, undersell, vend, wholesale | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sell\, n.
Self. [Obs. or Scot.] --B. Jonson.
\Sell\, n.
A sill. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Sell\, n.
A cell; a house. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Sell\, n. [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See
{Sit}.]
1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.]
He left his lofty steed with golden self. --Spenser.
2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
\Sell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Selling}.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give,
to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen,
Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s["a]lja to sell, Dan.
s?lge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun
akin to E. sale. Cf. {Sale}.]
1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a
valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for
something, especially for money.
If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast,
and give to the poor. --Matt. xix.
21.
I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak.
Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the
other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange
or barter, in which one commodity is given for another;
whereas in selling the consideration is usually money,
or its representative in current notes.
2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price
or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the
like; to betray.
You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak.
3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of;
to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens.
{To sell one's life dearly}, to cause much loss to those who
take one's life, as by killing a number of one's
assailants.
{To sell} (anything) {out}, to dispose of it wholly or
entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in
a business.
\Sell\, v. i.
1. To practice selling commodities.
I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will
not eat with you. --Shak.
2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.
{To sell out}, to sell one's whole stockk in trade or one's
entire interest in a property or a business.
\Sell\, n.
An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]
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