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sell
1[ sel ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- to deal in; keep or offer for sale:
He sells insurance. This store sells my favorite brand.
- to make a sale or offer for sale to:
He'll sell me the car for $1000.
- to persuade or induce (someone) to buy something:
The salesman sold me on a more expensive model than I wanted.
- to persuade or induce someone to buy (something):
The clerk really sold the shoes to me by flattery.
- to make sales of:
The hot record sold a million copies this month.
- to cause to be accepted, especially generally or widely:
to sell an idea to the public.
- to cause or persuade to accept; convince:
to sell the voters on a candidate.
- 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.
- to force or exact a price for:
The defenders of the fort sold their lives dearly.
- Informal. to cheat, betray, or hoax.
verb (used without object)
- to engage in selling something:
Investment advisors agree that it鈥檚 time to sell.
- to be sold; to draw sales: The game sold poorly in Japan.
His album is selling well.
The game sold poorly in Japan.
- to offer something for sale:
I like this house鈥攚ill they sell?
- 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.
- 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.
- to be in demand by buyers:
On a rainy day, umbrellas really sell.
- to win acceptance, approval, or adoption:
Here's an idea that'll sell.
noun
- an act or method of selling:
Your home could be a profitable sell.
- Stock Exchange. a security to be sold.
- Informal. a cheat; hoax.
verb phrase
- to dispose of entirely by selling:
They sold out of Johnny's brownies before the bake sale was half over.
- to betray (an associate, one's country, one鈥檚 principles, a cause, etc.):
He would never sell out to the enemy.
- British. to sell out:
She was forced to sell up her entire stock of crystal.
- 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.
sell
2[ sel ]
noun
- self.
sell
/ 蝉蓻濒 /
verb
- 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
- to deal in (objects, property, etc)
he sells used cars for a living
- tr to give up or surrender for a price or reward
to sell one's honour
- to promote or facilitate the sale of (objects, property, etc)
publicity sells many products
- to induce or gain acceptance of
to sell an idea
- intr to be in demand on the market
these dresses sell well in the spring
- informal.tr to deceive or cheat
- trfoll byon to persuade to accept or approve (of)
to sell a buyer on a purchase
- sell down the river informal.to betray
- sell oneself
- to convince someone else of one's potential or worth
- to give up one's moral or spiritual standards, etc
- sell short
- to disparage or belittle
- finance to sell securities or goods without owning them in anticipation of buying them before delivery at a lower price
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉别濒濒补产濒别, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉别濒濒路补路产濒别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sell1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sell1
Idioms and Phrases
- sell someone a bill of goods, Informal. bill of goods ( def 3 ).
- sell short. short ( def 50 ).
More idioms and phrases containing sell
- hard sell
- like hot cakes, sell
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Trump placed tariffs of up to 145% on Chinese imports, a move that has prompted some merchants who sell goods made in China from providing discounts as part of Amazon Prime Day, Reuters reported.
They would go on to sell an estimated five million records and also become the first Welsh musicians since Tom Jones and Bonnie Tyler to crack America.
Going To The Mill is marked on the back as costing 拢30, but Lowry agreed to sell it for the reduced price of 拢10.
In addition to supporting high salary jobs, tech companies offer employees stock options, so the state benefits from taxing capital gains, the profit earned when the shareholder sells their stock for a higher price.
Alongside savoury products, companies also sell pouches containing only fruit, which are leaving dentists concerned about the potential for tooth decay.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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