What does SELL mean?
Definitions for SELL
sɛlsell
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word SELL.
Princeton's WordNet
sellverb
the activity of persuading someone to buy
"it was a hard sell"
sellverb
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"
sellverb
be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
"These books sell like hot cakes"
sellverb
persuade somebody to accept something
"The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
deal, sell, tradeverb
do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
"She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
sellverb
give up for a price or reward
"She sold her principles for a successful career"
sellverb
be approved of or gain acceptance
"The new idea sold well in certain circles"
sellverb
be responsible for the sale of
"All her publicity sold the products"
betray, sellverb
deliver to an enemy by treachery
"Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sellnoun
A saddle.
Etymology: selle, French; sella, Latin.
Turning to that place, in which
He left his lofty steed with golden sells,
And goodly gorgeous barbes, him found not there. F. Qu.Sellpronoun.
for self.
They turn round like grindle-stones,
Which they dig out fro’ the dells,
For their bairns bread, wives and sells. Ben Jonson.To SELLverb
To give for a price; the word correlative to buy; to vend.
Etymology: syllan , Saxon; sela, Islandick.
The Midianites sold him unto Egypt, unto Potiphar. Gen.
Let us sell him to the Ishmaelites. Gen. xxxvii. 27.
The first tenth part I gave to the sons of Aaron, and another I sold away. Tob. i. 7.
All the inns and publick houses are obliged to furnish themselves with corn, which is sold out at a much dearer rate than ’tis bought up. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
You have made an order that ale should be sold for three half-pence a quart. Jonathan Swift.
To Sellverb
To have commerce or traffick with one.
I will buy with you, sell with you; but I will not eat with you. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.
Consult not with a buyer of selling. Ecclus. xxxvii. 11.
Wikipedia
sell
SELL (Syndicat des éditeurs de logiciels de loisirs) is a French organisation created in 1995 that promotes the interests of video game developers. It was founded by Infogrames' CEO Bruno Bonnell. The group mainly distributes information about video game professionals to authorities and consumers. The group is chaired by Julie Chalmette from Bethesda France since 2016, and the general delegate is Nicolas Vignolles since 2020.
ChatGPT
sell
To sell means to exchange goods, services or property for money. It involves transferring the ownership or rights of an item or service from one person or entity to another through a transaction. The term is mainly used in a business or commercial context.
Webster Dictionary
Sellnoun
self
Sellnoun
a sill
Sellnoun
a cell; a house
Sellnoun
a saddle for a horse
Sellnoun
a throne or lofty seat
Sellverb
to transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money
Sellverb
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
Sellverb
to impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat
Sellverb
to practice selling commodities
Sellverb
to be sold; as, corn sells at a good price
Sellnoun
an imposition; a cheat; a hoax
Etymology: [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. slja to sell, Dan. slge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. Sale.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sell
sel, n. a seat, a throne: (Spens.) a saddle: a saddler.—adj. Sell′iform, saddle-shaped. [O. Fr. selle—L. sella, for sedula, dim. of sedes, a seat.]
Sell
sel, v.t. to deliver in exchange for something paid as equivalent: to betray for money: to impose upon, cheat.—v.i. to have commerce: to be sold, to be in demand for sale:—pa.t. and pa.p. sōld.—n. a deception.—adj. Sell′able, that can be sold.—n. Sell′er, a furnisher: a vender: a small vessel for holding salt.—Sell one's life dearly, to do great injury to the enemy before one is killed; Sell one up, to sell a debtor's goods; Sell out, to dispose entirely of: to sell one's commission. [A.S. sellan, to hand over; cf. Ice. selja, Goth. saljan.]
Editors Contribution
sell
To give goods, products or services for a form of currency.
They did sell their favourite clothing online at their web shop.
Submitted by MaryC on February 24, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SELL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sell is ranked #3280 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Sell surname appeared 11,014 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Sell.
95% or 10,469 total occurrences were White.
1.9% or 216 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1% or 110 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.9% or 105 total occurrences were Asian.
0.6% or 70 total occurrences were Black.
0.3% or 43 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'SELL' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1547
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'SELL' in Written Corpus Frequency: #706
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'SELL' in Verbs Frequency: #106
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SELL in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SELL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of SELL in a Sentence
When there are no tourists, there are no sales, we are also unable to sell across India because communication is down.
It’s very important that there’re no sanctions on secondary debt because that means that non-U.S. persons can buy the debt and sell it to the U.S. persons.
The president wants to sell everything, but the time now is not just bad, but very bad. Investors don't want to come here, nEITHER WAR NOR PEACE.
Baxtxard SBI Securities has disabled its trading platform since morning today as it allows you to access but you can't transact because it is not accepting any price entry for buy or sell shares. An open decoity by brokerage firm of its clients money
China had the big sell-off and that's kind of rolled through the rest of the markets around the world.
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- verkoopAfrikaans
- መሸጥAmharic
- باع, يبيعArabic
- satmaqAzerbaijani
- прада́ць, прадава́цьBelarusian
- прода́м, прода́вамBulgarian
- বেচাBengali
- gwerzhañBreton
- vendreCatalan, Valencian
- prodat se, prodat, prodávat se, prodávatCzech
- gwerthuWelsh
- sælgeDanish
- verkaufenGerman
- πουλάωGreek
- vender, fingir, buscar, salir, actuar, intentar, venderseSpanish
- müümaEstonian
- salduBasque
- فروختنPersian
- käydä kaupaksi, näytellä, harhauttaa, huiputtaa, myydäFinnish
- vendreFrench
- díolIrish
- venderGalician
- מוֹכֵרHebrew
- बिकना, बेचनाHindi
- elad, árul, adHungarian
- վաճառելArmenian
- menjual, jualIndonesian
- seljaIcelandic
- vendereItalian
- מכירהHebrew
- 売るJapanese
- გაყიდვაGeorgian
- сатпақ болу, сатуKazakh
- លក់Khmer
- 장사하다, 판매하다, 팔다Korean
- gwerthaCornish
- сатып берүү, сатууKyrgyz
- ຂາຍLao
- parduotiLithuanian
- pārdotLatvian
- продаваMacedonian
- худалдахMongolian
- menjualMalay
- ရောင်းBurmese
- verkopenDutch
- bli solgt, selge, få solgtNorwegian
- vendre, vénderOccitan
- sprzedać, sprzedawaćPolish
- venderPortuguese
- venderRomansh
- vindeRomanian
- продава́ть, прода́ть, продава́ться, прода́тьсяRussian
- bèndiri, bèndhere, vèndhere, bènnere, bendiSardinian
- prodati, продати, prodavati, продаватиSerbo-Croatian
- විකුණනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- predať, predávaťSlovak
- prodatiSlovene
- shesAlbanian
- nasa, sälja, förråda, realisera, erbjuda, idka handel, tillhandahålla, utbjuda, krängaSwedish
- фурӯхтанTajik
- ขายThai
- satmakTurkmen
- satmakTurkish
- сатаргаTatar
- продава́ти, прода́тиUkrainian
- بیچناUrdu
- sotmoqUzbek
- bánVietnamese
- vindeWalloon
- פאַרקויפןYiddish
- 卖Chinese
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