Found 3 items, similar to sell.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sell melariskan, melego, menjual
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. [1913 Webster] Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. A sill. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. A cell; a house. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit.] 1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He left his lofty steed with golden self. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. --Matt. xix. 21. [1913 Webster] I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), v. i. 1. To practice selling commodities. [1913 Webster] I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. [1913 Webster] To sell out, to sell one's whole stock in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business. [1913 Webster] Sell \Sell\, n. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]