sell
//sɛl//
Forms
- present (v1)
- sell
- past (v2)
- sold
- past participle (v3)
- sold
- present participle
- selling
- 3rd person singular
- sells
- Plural
- sells
Definitions
1.To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
- Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell.
- She sold her old car very quickly.
- I'll sell you three books for a hundred dollars.
2.To be sold.
- This old stock will never sell.
- The corn sold for a good price.
3.To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.
- Tom is going to sell his house.
- Tom has decided to sell his car.
- We've been trying to sell our land.
4.To promote (a particular viewpoint).
- My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.
1.The promotion of an idea for acceptance.
- This is going to be a tough sell.
2.An easy task.
3.An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.(colloquial)
- What a sell for Lena!
4.An act of selling; sale.
- Now the easiest sell in traveldom is made even easier.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #484
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
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Etymology
From Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan (“give; give up for money”), from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-.
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