SELL
WordNet
noun
(1) The activity of persuading someone to buy
"It was a hard sell"
verb
(2) Persuade somebody to accept something
"The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
(3) Give up for a price or reward
"She sold her principles for a successful career"
(4) 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"
(5) Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
"She deals in gold"
"The brothers sell shoes"
(6) Deliver to an enemy by treachery
"Judas sold Jesus"
"The spy betrayed his country"
(7) Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
"These books sell like hot cakes"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , later "give up for money", from .
Verb
- To agree to transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
- I'll sell you all three for a hundred dollars.
- Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell.
- To be sold.
- This old stock will never sell.
- To promote a particular viewpoint; to manipulate towards a desired end.
- I don't know what she was selling when she pretended she liked him.
- To trick, or cheat someone.
- To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
Noun
- An act of selling.
- This is going to be a tough sell.
- An easy task.
- 1922: What a sell for Lena! - Katherine Mansfield, The Doll's House (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 354)
Etymology 2
From from .