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1  [sel] verb, sold, sell⋅ing, noun
Use sell in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
2. to deal in; keep or offer for sale: He sells insurance. This store sells my favorite brand.
3. to make a sale or offer for sale to: He'll sell me the car for $1000.
4. to persuade or induce (someone) to buy something: The salesman sold me on a more expensive model than I wanted.
5. to persuade or induce someone to buy (something): The clerk really sold the shoes to me by flattery.
6. to make sales of: The hot record sold a million copies this month.
7. to cause to be accepted, esp. generally or widely: to sell an idea to the public.
8. to cause or persuade to accept; convince: to sell the voters on a candidate.
9. to accept a price for or make a profit of (something not a proper object for such action): to sell one's soul for political power.
10. to force or exact a price for: The defenders of the fort sold their lives dearly.
11. Informal. to cheat, betray, or hoax.
–verb (used without object)
12. to engage in selling something.
13. to be on sale.
14. to offer something for sale: I like this house—will they sell?
15. to be employed to persuade or induce others to buy, as a salesperson or a clerk in a store: One sister is a cashier and the other sells.
16. to have a specific price; be offered for sale at the price indicated (fol. by at or for): Eggs used to sell at sixty cents a dozen. This shirt sells for thirty dollars.
17. to be in demand by buyers: On a rainy day, umbrellas really sell.
18. to win acceptance, approval, or adoption: Here's an idea that'll sell.
19. sell (someone) a bill of goods. bill of goods (def. 3).
–noun
20. an act or method of selling.
21. Stock Exchange. a security to be sold.
22. Informal. a cheat; hoax.
—Verb phrases
23. sell off, to sell, esp. at reduced prices, in order to get rid of: The city is selling off a large number of small lots at public auction.
24. sell out,
a. to dispose of entirely by selling.
b. to betray (an associate, one's country, a cause, etc.); turn traitor: He committed suicide rather than sell out to the enemy.
25. sell up, British. to sell out: She was forced to sell up her entire stock of crystal.
—Idiom
26. sell short. short (def. 50).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME sellen (v.), OE sellan orig., to give, hence, give up (someone) to an enemy, betray, exchange for money; c. ON selja, LG sellen, Goth saljan to give up, sell, orig., to cause to take; akin to Gk heleîn to take

Related forms:
sell⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. exchange, vend. See trade.

Antonyms:
1. buy.
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sell

2  [sel]
–noun, adjective, pronoun Scot.
self.
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sell   (sěl)   
v.   sold (sōld), sell·ing, sells

v.   tr.
  1. To exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.
  2. To offer for sale, as for one's business or livelihood: The partners sell textiles.
  3. To give up or surrender in exchange for a price or reward: sell one's soul to the devil.
  4. To be purchased in (a certain quantity); achieve sales of: a book that sold a million copies.
    1. To bring about or encourage sales of; promote: Good publicity sold the product.
    2. To cause to be accepted; advocate successfully: We sold the proposal to the school committee.
  6. To persuade (another) to recognize the worth or desirability of something: They sold me on the idea.
v.   intr.
  1. To exchange ownership for money or its equivalent; engage in selling.
  2. To be sold or be on sale: Grapes are selling high this season.
  3. To attract prospective buyers; be popular on the market: an item that sells well.
  4. To be approved of; gain acceptance.
n.  
  1. The activity or method of selling.
  2. Something that sells or gains acceptance in a particular way: Their program to raise taxes will be a difficult sell.
  3. Slang A deception; a hoax.
  4. To put all of one's goods or possessions up for sale.
  5. Slang To betray one's cause or colleagues: He sold out to the other side.
Phrasal Verb(s):
sell offTo get rid of by selling, often at reduced prices.
sell out
  1. To put all of one's goods or possessions up for sale.
  2. Slang To betray one's cause or colleagues: He sold out to the other side.

Idiom(s):
sell a bill of goods Informal To take unfair advantage of.

Idiom(s):
sell down the river Informal To betray the true trust or faith of.

Idiom(s):
sell short
  1. To contract for the sale of securities or commodities one expects to own at a later date and at more advantageous terms.
  2. To underestimate the true value or worth of: Don't sell your colleague short; she's a smart lawyer.

[Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan, to give, sell.]
sell'a·ble adj.
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Sell

Sell\, n. Self. [Obs. or Scot.] --B. Jonson.

Sell

Sell\, n. A sill. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Sell

Sell\, n. A cell; a house. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Sell

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

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

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

Sell\, n. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]
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Language Translation for : sell
Spanish: vender,
German: verkaufen,
Japanese: 売る
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sell 
O.E. sellan "to give," from P.Gmc. *saljanan (cf. O.N. selja "to hand over, deliver, sell;" O.Fris. sella, O.H.G. sellen "to give, hand over, sell;" Goth. saljan "to offer a sacrifice"), perhaps a causative form of the root of O.E. sala "sale." One of the first things a student of Old English has to learn is that the word that looks like sell usually means "give." Meaning "to give up for money" had emerged by c.1000. An O.E. word for "to sell" was bebycgan, from bycgan "to buy." Slang meaning "to swindle" is from 1597. The noun phrase hard sell is recorded from 1952. To sell one's soul is from c.1570. Sell-by date is from 1972. To sell (someone) down the river is first recorded 1927, but probably from slavery days, on notion of sale from the Upper South to the cotton plantations of the Deep South (attested in this literal sense since 1851). To sell like hot cakes is from 1839.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Sell

1. A recommendation to sell a particular security.

2. The process of liquidating an asset in exchange for money.

Investopedia Commentary

Exact definitions vary by brokerage, but this rating is generally worse than neutral, but better than strong sell.

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sell

To dispose of an asset. Compare buy.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: sell
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: sold; sell·ing
transitive verb 1 : to transfer ownership of by sale —compare BARTER, CONVEY, GIVE
2 : to offer for sale intransitive verb : to dispose of something by sale : make a sale —compare DONATE —sell·er noun —sell short : to sell something one does not own : make a short sale
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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sell

In addition to the idioms beginning with sell, also see hard sell; like hot cakes, sell.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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