sell

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (ditransitive, intransitive, transitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
2. (ergative) To be sold.
3. (transitive) To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.
4. (transitive) To promote (a particular viewpoint).
5. (transitive) To betray for money or other things.
6. (slang, transitive) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
7. (slang, transitive) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
8. (Australia, intransitive, slang) To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game.

Noun

1. An act of selling; sale.
2. (broadly, figuratively) The promotion of an idea for acceptance.
3. An easy task.
4. (colloquial, dated) An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A seat or stool.
2. (archaic) A saddle.

Noun

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

Concepts

vendre

commercialiser

vente

placer

trahir

tendre

débiter

colporter

commercer

déstocker

opérer

refaire

revendre

servir

troquer

attrape-nigaud

écouler

marketing

mercatique

promotion des ventes

se débarrasser

se vendre

être vendu

vendre au marché

acheter

🛍️

tenir un point de vente

brader

céder

commerce

déception

distribuer

duper

échanger

faire du commerce

livrer

Synonymes

trade

buy

🛍️

vend

market

betray

peddle

sale

dispose of

traffic

deal

distribute

selling

sold

barter

exchange

negotiate

advertise

retail

dispose

dispense

hand over

turn over

put on sale

assign

convey

convince

transmit

yield

handle

sell off

deal in

for sale

flog

offer

carry

move

sales

give

give in exchange

denounce

break

assure

demand

deceive

liquidize

let down

insure

cozen

beat

alienate

Traductions

vender

verkaufen

vendere

vender

verkopen

vendre

satmak

باع

veräußern

verhandelen

overdoen

tappen

vendere

πουλώ

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɛl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sellen

Hérité de ancien anglais: sellan

Appartenant à danois: sælge

Appartenant à suédois: sälja

Appartenant à islandais: selja

In summary

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-.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots sell (“to sell”), Danish sælge (“to sell”), Faroese, Icelandic selja (“to sell”), Norwegian Bokmål selge (“to sell”), Norwegian Nynorsk selja, selje (“to sell”), Swedish sälja (“to sell”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (saljan, “to pay tribute, make an offer”).

Phrases

He could sell the stones and buy a return ticket .

Il pouvait vendre les pierres et acheter un billet de retour.