Etymology : Middle English, from Old English sellan; akin to Old High German sellen to sell, Old Norse sala sale, Greek helein to take
Pronunciation : sel
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. method of selling, sales technique; scam, fraud, deceit (Slang). offer for a price, offer for purchase; be offered for a price, be offered for purchase; deal, trade; betray; attract buyers, cause someone to buy something; cheat, deceive. sell\sell\, n. a sill. [obs.]sell \sell\ , n. self. [obs. or scot.] jonson.sell \sell\, n. a cell; a house. [obs.]sell \sell\, n. [f. selle, l. sella, akin to sedere to sit. see:
sit.].
2. a saddle for a horse. [obs.] he left his lofty steed with golden self.
3. a throne or lofty seat. [obs.]sell \sell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. sold ; 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?lja to sell, dan. s lge, goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to e. sale. cf. sale.].
4. to transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. if thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. xix.
5. i am changed; i'll go sell all my land.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.
6. 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. you would have sold your king to slaughter.
7. to impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [slang].
8. Self.
9. A sill.
10. A cell; a house.
11. A saddle for a horse.
12. A throne or lofty seat.
13. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money.
14. 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.
15. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat.
16. To practice selling commodities.
17. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.
18. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell" persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career" 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" be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes" be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products" be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles".
19. 1. If you sell something that you own, you let someone have it in return for money. I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books His heir sold the painting to the London art dealer Agnews The directors sold the business for £14.8 million It's not a very good time to sell at the moment.
20. If a shop sells a particular thing, it is available for people to buy there. It sells everything from hair ribbons to oriental rugs Bean sprouts are also sold in cans.
21. If something sells for a particular price, that price is paid for it. Unmodernised property can sell for up to 40 per cent of its modernised market value.
22. If something sells, it is bought by the public, usually in fairly large quantities. Even if this album doesn't sell and the critics don't like it, we wouldn't ever change The company believes the products will sell well in the run-up to Christmas.
23. Something that sells a product makes people want to buy the product. It is only the sensational that sells news magazines. car manufacturers' long-held maxim that safety doesn't sell.
24. If you sell someone an idea or proposal, or sell someone on an idea, you convince them that it is a good one. She tried to sell me the idea of buying my own paper shredder She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients An employee sold him on the notion that cable was the medium of the future You know, I wasn't sold on this trip in the beginning.
25. If someone sells their body, they have sex for money. 85 per cent said they would rather not sell their bodies for a living.
26. If someone sells you down the river, they betray you for some personal profit or advantage. He has been sold down the river by the people who were supposed to protect him.
27. If you sell someone short, you do not point out their good qualities as much as you should or do as much for them as you should. They need to improve their image -- they are selling themselves short.
28. disapproval If you talk about someone selling their soul in order to get something, you are criticizing them for abandoning their principles. a man who would sell his soul for political viability.
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