sell
IPA: sˈɛɫ
noun
- An act of selling; sale.
- (figurative, by extension) The promotion of an idea for acceptance.
- An easy task.
- (colloquial, dated) An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.
- (obsolete) A seat or stool.
- (archaic) A saddle.
- (regional, obsolete) A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
- (ergative) To be sold.
- (transitive) To promote a product or service.
- (transitive) To promote a particular viewpoint.
- (transitive) To betray for money or other things.
- (transitive, slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
- (transitive, professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
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Examples of "sell" in Sentences
- The carpenter sells redwood.
- The selling of the product was prohibited.
- The buyer has the right to sell the stock at strike price.
- They might sell the same company when the price was agreeable.
- The bank has no incentive to sell the assets at the 30 cent price.
- The record company sells the CD to the distributor at wholesale price.
- The store will sell wines by the case to the public at wholesale prices.
- His first business was selling dance lessons by mail, using a kinetoscope.
- The price of the tonic skyrocketed, and the gang began selling it underground.
- Malvinder Singh also said that this was a strategical deal and not a sell out.
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