Meaning

7 senses
  1. An act of selling; sale.

  2. (broadly, figuratively)The promotion of an idea for acceptance.

    This is going to be a tough sell.

  3. An easy task.

  4. (colloquial, dated)An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.

  5. (obsolete)A seat or stool.

  6. (archaic)A saddle.

  7. (obsolete, regional)A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).

    He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ".

More definitions
  • the activity of persuading someone to buy

Examples

3865 sentences
  1. I sold it for ten dollars.

    Я продав його за десять доларів. — deniko

    ruЯ продал это за десять долларов. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe es für zehn Dollar verkauft. — MUIRIEL

  2. This book sold well in Japan.

    Ця книжка добре продавалася в Японії. — deniko

    ruЭта книга хорошо продавалась в Японии. — al_ex_an_der

    deDieses Buch hat sich in Japan gut verkauft. — Kamil

  3. They sell meat at this store.

    У магазині продають м’ясо. — uaspeaker

    ruВ магазине продают мясо. — Hellerick

    deIn diesem Laden wird Fleisch verkauft. — Tamy

  4. Only girls' shoes are sold here.

    Тут продається лише жіноче взуття. — deniko

    ruЗдесь продаётся только обувь для девочек. — Lenin_1917

    deHier werden nur Damenschuhe verkauft. — MUIRIEL

  5. He decided to sell the car.

    Він вирішив продати машину. — deniko

    ruОн решил продать машину. — marafon

Origin

From Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan (“give; give up for money”), from Prot

From Middle English sellen, from Old English sellan (“give; give up for money”), from Proto-West Germanic *salljan, from Proto-Germanic *saljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-.

From French selle, from Latin sella.

From Old Saxon seill or Old Norse seil. Cognate with Dutch zeel (“rope”), German Seil (“rope”).

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Forms

plural: sells
Singularsell
Pluralsells

regular

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • sell his house
  • want to sell
  • sell his car
  • to sell his
  • trying to sell
  • sell our house
  • to sell my
  • sell my car
  • sell my house
  • to sell our
  • sell his farm
  • have to sell

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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