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Definition: Meaning of, sell in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sɛl /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
sell sold sold
Present Participle Third Person Singular
selling sells
  1. give something for money [intransitive and transitive] to give something to someone in exchange for money
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  2. make something available [intransitive and transitive] to offer something for people to buy
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  3. make somebody want something [transitive] to make people want to buy something
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  4. be bought [intransitive and transitive] to be bought by people
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  5. sell like hot cakes to sell quickly and in large amounts
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  6. idea/plan [intransitive and transitive] to try to make someone accept a new idea or plan, or to become accepted
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  7. sell yourself to make yourself seem impressive to other people
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  8. sell yourself also sell your body to have sex with someone for money
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  9. sell somebody/something short to not give someone or something the praise, attention, or reward that they deserve
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  10. sell your soul (to the devil) to agree to do something bad in exchange for money, power etc
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  11. sell somebody down the river to do something that harms a group of people who trusted you, in order to gain money or power for yourself
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  12. sell your vote American English to take money from someone who wants you to vote for a particular person or plan
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sell used in phrases

  • hard sell (noun)
    1. a way of selling something in which there is a lot of pressure on you to buy
    2. American English if an idea is a hard sell, it is difficult to get people to accept it
  • sell short (verb)
    1. buy back sell securities, commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit
    2. underestimate the real value or ability of
  • sell up (verb)
    1. get rid of all one's merchandise
  • sell-by date (noun)
    1. the date stamped on a food product, after which it should not be sold
    2. informal a time beyond which something or someone is no longer interesting or useful
  • sell-off (noun)
    1. British English the sale of an industry that the government owns, to private companies or other people
    2. American English the sale of a lot of STOCK s or SHARE s, which makes the price decrease
  • sell-out (noun)
    1. a performance, sports game etc, for which all the tickets have been sold
    2. informal a situation in which someone has not done what they promised to do or were expected to do by the people who trusted them
  • soft sell (noun)
    1. a way of advertising or selling things that involves gently persuading people to buy something [↪  hard sell]
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sell used in phrasal verbs

  • sell off (phrasal verb)
    1. to sell something quickly and for a low price, usually because you need money
  • sell on (phrasal verb)
    1. to sell something after buying it from someone else
  • sell out (phrasal verb)
    1. if a shop sells out of something, it sells all that it has so that there is no more available
    2. used about goods
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Pronunciation: səːtʃ aʊt
Parts of Speech: phrasal verb
to work hard in order to find something
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