sell

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: dealtradebetray

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. the activity of persuading someone to buy“it was a hard sell”

Verb (8)

  1. 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”
  2. be sold at a certain price or in a certain way“These books sell like hot cakes”
  3. persuade somebody to accept something“The French try to sell us their image as great lovers”
  4. do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood“She deals in gold”“The brothers sell shoes”Synonyms: dealtrade
  5. give up for a price or reward“She sold her principles for a successful career”
  6. be approved of or gain acceptance“The new idea sold well in certain circles”
  7. be responsible for the sale of“All her publicity sold the products”
  8. deliver to an enemy by treachery“Judas sold Jesus”“The spy betrayed his country”Synonyms: betray
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. Self. [Obs. or Scot.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. A sill. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. A cell; a house. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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]

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]

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]

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