Found 3 items, similar to sell.
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Definition: sell
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sell
sell
n : the activity of persuading someone to buy;
“it was a hard
sell”
[also:
sold]
sell
v 1: 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” [ant:
buy]
2: be sold at a certain price or in a certain way;
“These books
sell like hot cakes”
3: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;
“She
deals in gold”;
“The brothers sell shoes” [syn:
deal,
trade]
4: persuade somebody to accept something;
“The French try to
sell us their image as great lovers”
5: give up for a price or reward;
“She sold her principles for
a successful career”
6: deliver to an enemy by treachery;
“Judas sold Jesus”;
“The
spy betrayed his country” [syn:
betray]
7: be approved of or gain acceptance;
“The new idea sold well
in certain circles”
8: be responsible for the sale of;
“All her publicity sold the
products”
[also:
sold]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sell
Sell
\Sell\ (s[e^]l), n.
Self. [Obs. or Scot.] --B. Jonson.
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Sell
\Sell\ (s[e^]l), n.
A sill. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Sell
\Sell\ (s[e^]l), n.
A cell; a house. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Sell
\Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to
sit. See
Sit.]
1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.]
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He left his lofty steed with golden self. --Spenser.
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2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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Sell
\Sell\ (s[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Sold (s[=o]ld); 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[ae]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. It is the correlative of
buy.
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If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast,
and give to the poor. --Matt. xix.
21.
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I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak.
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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.
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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.
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You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak.
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3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of;
to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens.
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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.
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Sell
\Sell\ (s[e^]l), v. i.
1. To practice selling commodities.
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I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will
not eat with you. --Shak.
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2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.
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To sell out, to sell one's whole stock in trade or one's
entire interest in a property or a business.
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Sell
\Sell\, n.
An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]
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