'Sell' definitions:

Definition of 'sell'

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noun
The activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell"
verb
Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" [ant: buy, purchase]
verb
Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes"
verb
Persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
verb
Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal, sell, trade]
verb
Give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career"
verb
Be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles"
verb
Be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products"
verb
Deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" [syn: betray, sell]

Definition of 'Sell'

From: GCIDE
  • Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. A cell; a house. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sell'

From: GCIDE
  • Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit.]
  • 1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • He left his lofty steed with golden self. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sell'

From: GCIDE
  • Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold (s[=o]ld); 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[aum]lja to sell, Dan. s[ae]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. It is the correlative of buy. [1913 Webster]
  • If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. --Matt. xix. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sell'

From: GCIDE
  • Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. Self. [Obs. or Scot.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sell'

From: GCIDE
  • Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. A sill. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sell'

From: GCIDE
  • Sell \Sell\, n. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Sellanders

Definition of 'Sell'

From: GCIDE
  • Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), v. i.
  • 1. To practice selling commodities. [1913 Webster]
  • I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. [1913 Webster]
  • To sell out, to sell one's whole stock in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sell'

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