Definitions for Sell

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Sell sell

Spelling: [sel]

IPA: /sɛl/

Sell is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in Sell (ells).

Definitions for Sell

noun

1. an act or method of selling.
2. Stock Exchange. a security to be sold.
3. Informal. a cheat; hoax.

Idioms

1. sell short. short (def 49).
2. sell someone a bill of goods. bill of goods (def 3).

Verb phrases

1. sell off, to sell, especially at reduced prices, in order to get rid of:
2. sell out, to dispose of entirely by selling. to betray (an associate, one's country, a cause, etc.); turn traitor:
3. sell up, British. to sell out:

verb (used with object)

1. to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price:
2. to deal in; keep or offer for sale:
3. to make a sale or offer for sale to:
4. to persuade or induce (someone) to buy something:
5. to persuade or induce someone to buy (something):
6. to make sales of:
7. to cause to be accepted, especially generally or widely:
8. to cause or persuade to accept; convince:
9. to accept a price for or make a profit of (something not a proper object for such action):
10. to force or exact a price for:
11. Informal. to cheat, betray, or hoax.

noun, adjective, pronoun

1. self.

verb (used without object)

1. to engage in selling something.
2. to be on sale.
3. to offer something for sale:
4. to be employed to persuade or induce others to buy, as a salesperson or a clerk in a store:
5. to have a specific price; be offered for sale at the price indicated (followed by at or for):
6. to be in demand by buyers:
7. to win acceptance, approval, or adoption:

Origin of Sell

before 900; Middle English sellen (v.), Old English sellan orig., to give, hence, give up (someone) to an enemy, betray, exchange for money; cognate with Old Norse selja, Low German sellen, G

Examples for Sell

And do women who sell themselves ever find any real pleasure in the bargain?

I've turned peddler, and would like to sell you some blueberries.

We sell about $5,000 of music per month through iTunes and Loudr.

Along the Prado they used to sell slaves on the auction block, too.

As more people come online, the most basic tasks—such as going out to the market to sell produce—will become more efficient.

Put a halter round her neck, and sell her for a pot of beer.

It occurred to him that he could sell them at a market store in the village.

Question 9: If the female captive was impregnated by her owner, can he then sell her?

I'll give you two cents a pound for as many as you want to sell.

The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.