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Sell
sɛl
- give or hand over (something) in exchange for money
"they had sold the car"
vending selling off auctioning trading trade (in) salesmanship sales marketing merchandising promotion advertising dispose of get rid of vend auction (off)- have a stock of (something) available for sale
"the store sells hi-fis, TVs, videos, and other electrical goods"
- be purchased in specified amounts or for a specified price
"the album sold 6 million copies in the United States"
- sell all of one's stock of something
"they had nearly sold out of the initial run of 75,000 copies"
- be all sold
"it was clear that the performances would not sell out"
- (of a product) be purchased by a customer from a retail outlet
- sell all of one's property, possessions, or assets
"Ernest sold up and retired"
- have sex in exchange for money
"if she was going to sell herself then it would be as well not to come too cheap"
- abandon one's principles for reasons of expedience
"the prime minister has come under fire for selling out to the United States"
- betray someone for one's own benefit
"the clansmen became tenants and the chiefs sold them out"
- offer (something) dishonourably for money or other reward
"do not your lawyers sell all their practice, as your priests their prayers?"
- persuade someone of the merits of
"he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky"
persuade someone to accept convince someone of the merits of talk someone into bring someone round to win someone over to get acceptance for win approval for get support for get across promote- be the reason for (something) being bought
"what sells CDs to most people is convenience"
- cause (someone) to become enthusiastic about
"I'm just not sold on the idea"
- trick or deceive (someone)
"what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town"
- an act of selling or attempting to sell something
"every other television commercial is a sell for Australian lager"
- a disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something
"actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu"