sell out
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.
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, especially 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 (followed by at or for ): Eggs used to sell at sixty cents a dozen. This shirt sells for thirty dollars.
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noun
Verb phrases 19.
an act or method of selling.
20.
Stock Exchange. a security to be sold.
21.
Informal. a cheat; hoax.
22.
sell off, to sell, especially at reduced prices, in order to get rid of: The city is selling off a large number of small lots at public auction.
23.
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.
24.
Idioms sell up, British. to sell out: She was forced to sell up her entire stock of crystal.
25.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English sellen (v.), Old English sellan orig., to give, hence, give up (someone) to an enemy, betray, exchange for money; cognate with Old Norse selja, Low German sellen, Gothic saljan to give up, sell, orig., to cause to take; akin to Greek heleîn to take
before 900; Middle English sellen (v.), Old English sellan orig., to give, hence, give up (someone) to an enemy, betray, exchange for money; cognate with Old Norse selja, Low German sellen, Gothic saljan to give up, sell, orig., to cause to take; akin to Greek heleîn to take
Related forms
sell·a·ble, adjective
Antonyms
1. buy.
1. buy.
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sell (sɛl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by on) , sells, selling, sold | |
| 1. | to dispose of or transfer or be disposed of or transferred to a purchaser in exchange for money or other consideration; put or be on sale |
| 2. | to deal in (objects, property, etc): he sells used cars for a living |
| 3. | (tr) to give up or surrender for a price or reward: to sell one's honour |
| 4. | to promote or facilitate the sale of (objects, property, etc): publicity sells many products |
| 5. | to induce or gain acceptance of: to sell an idea |
| 6. | (intr) to be in demand on the market: these dresses sell well in the spring |
| 7. | informal (tr) to deceive or cheat |
| 8. | to persuade to accept or approve (of): to sell a buyer on a purchase |
| 9. | informal sell down the river to betray |
| 10. | sell oneself |
| a. to convince someone else of one's potential or worth | |
| b. to give up one's moral or spiritual standards, etc | |
| 11. | sell short |
| a. informal to disparage or belittle | |
| b. finance to sell securities or goods without owning them in anticipation of buying them before delivery at a lower price | |
| —n | |
| 12. | hard sell Compare soft sell the act or an instance of selling |
| 13. | informal |
| a. a trick, hoax, or deception | |
| b. (Irish) a great disappointment: the service in the hotel was a sell | |
| [Old English sellan to lend, deliver; related to Old Norse selja to sell, Gothic saljan to offer sacrifice, Old High German sellen to sell, Latin cōnsilium advice] | |
| 'sellable | |
| —adj | |
| sell out | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | Also (chiefly Brit): sell up to dispose of (supplies of something) completely by selling |
| 2. | informal (tr) to betray, esp through a secret agreement |
| 3. | informal (intr) to abandon one's principles, standards, etc |
| —n | |
| 4. | informal a performance for which all tickets are sold |
| 5. | a commercial success |
| 6. | informal a betrayal |
| 7. | informal a person who betrays their principles, standards, friends, etc |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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Slang Dictionary
sell (so) out definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Idioms & Phrases
sell out
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Dispose of entirely by selling. For example, The rancher finally sold out to the oil company, or The tickets to the concert were sold out a month ago. [Late 1700s]
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Betray one's cause or colleagues, as in He sold out to the other side. [Slang; late 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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