Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
sellFunction:
verbInflected 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