sell
An act of selling; saleAn act of selling; sale.
» I sold it for ten dollars.
Ich habe es für zehn Dollar verkauft.
Ich habe sie für zehn Dollar verkauft.
Ich habe das für zehn Dollar verkauft.
Я продал это за десять долларов.
Я продал её за десять долларов.
Я продал его за десять долларов.
Я продав його за десять доларів.
Я продав її за десять доларів.
Meaning
7 sensesAn act of selling; sale.
(broadly, figuratively)The promotion of an idea for acceptance.
This is going to be a tough sell.
An easy task.
(colloquial, dated)An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.
(obsolete)A seat or stool.
(archaic)A saddle.
(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".
- the activity of persuading someone to buy
Examples
3865 sentencesI 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
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
They sell meat at this store.
У магазині продають м’ясо. — uaspeaker
ruВ магазине продают мясо. — Hellerick
deIn diesem Laden wird Fleisch verkauft. — Tamy
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
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 ProtFrom 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: sellsWord family
5 related wordsCollocations
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