What does sell mean?

Definitions for sell
sɛlsell

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sellverb

    the activity of persuading someone to buy

    "it was a hard sell"

  2. 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"

  3. sellverb

    be sold at a certain price or in a certain way

    "These books sell like hot cakes"

  4. sellverb

    persuade somebody to accept something

    "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"

  5. deal, sell, tradeverb

    do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood

    "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"

  6. sellverb

    give up for a price or reward

    "She sold her principles for a successful career"

  7. sellverb

    be approved of or gain acceptance

    "The new idea sold well in certain circles"

  8. sellverb

    be responsible for the sale of

    "All her publicity sold the products"

  9. betray, sellverb

    deliver to an enemy by treachery

    "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Sellnoun

    self

  2. Sellnoun

    a sill

  3. Sellnoun

    a cell; a house

  4. Sellnoun

    a saddle for a horse

  5. Sellnoun

    a throne or lofty seat

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Sellverb

    to impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat

  9. Sellverb

    to practice selling commodities

  10. Sellverb

    to be sold; as, corn sells at a good price

  11. Sellnoun

    an imposition; a cheat; a hoax

  12. 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

  1. 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.]

  2. 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

  1. 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  

Suggested Resources

  1. SELL

    What does SELL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SELL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. 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

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sell' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1547

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sell' in Written Corpus Frequency: #706

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sell' in Verbs Frequency: #106

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sell in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sell in a Sentence

  1. George Charfauros:

    We sell two things, we sell paradise — beaches, clean water, sunshine.And then we also sell strategic location.There’s a delicate balance in that.

  2. President Donald Trump:

    I think you can add quite a bit of sell-off to what they're saying, i really believe that's a factor.

  3. Antonio Galvan:

    I normally don't sell any corn in advance because of the risk associated with rain patterns.

  4. Magna Carta:

    To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay right or justice.

  5. Bespoke Investment Group:

    This may be a classic' buy the rumor, sell the news' moment for infrastructure plays.

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