- verbsell (verb) · sells (third person present) · sold (past tense) · sold (past participle) · selling (present participle)
- give or hand over (something) in exchange for money:"they had sold the car" · "the family business had been sold off" · "I was trying to sell him my butterfly collection"
- have a stock of (something) available for sale:"the store sells hi-fis, TVs, videos, and other electrical goods"
- be purchased in specified amounts or for a specified price:"the album sold 6 million copies in the United States" · "this magazine of yours won't sell" · "these antiques of the future sell for about $375"
- (sell out)sell all of one's stock of something:"they had nearly sold out of the initial run of 75,000 copies"
- (sell out)be all sold:"it was clear that the performances would not sell out"
- (sell through)(of a product) be purchased by a customer from a retail outlet.
- BRITISH ENGLISH(sell up)sell all of one's property, possessions, or assets:"Ernest sold up and retired"
- (sell oneself)have sex in exchange for money:"if she was going to sell herself then it would be as well not to come too cheap"
- (sell out)abandon one's principles for reasons of expedience:"the prime minister has come under fire for selling out to the United States"
- (sell someone out)betray someone for one's own benefit:"the clansmen became tenants and the chiefs sold them out"
- archaicoffer (something) dishonorably for money or other reward:"do not your lawyers sell all their practice, as your priests their prayers?"
- persuade someone of the merits of:"he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky" · "he just won't sell himself"
- be the reason for (something) being bought:"what sells CDs to most people is convenience"
- cause (someone) to become enthusiastic about:"I'm just not sold on the idea"
- archaictrick or deceive (someone):"what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town"
nouninformalsell (noun) · sells (plural noun)- an act of selling or attempting to sell something:"the excitement of scientific achievement is too subtle a sell to stir the public"
- BRITISH ENGLISHa disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something:"actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu"
OriginOld English sellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse selja ‘give up, sell’. Early use included the sense ‘give, hand (something) over voluntarily in response to a request’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- give or hand over (something) in exchange for money:
- have a stock of (something) available for sale:
- be purchased in specified amounts or for a specified price:
- sell all of one's stock of something:
- be all sold:
- abandon one's principles for reasons of expedience:
- betray someone for one's own benefit:
- persuade someone of the merits of:
- trick or deceive (someone):
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