sell

Meaning

1. To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
2. To be sold.
3. To promote a product or service.
4. To promote a particular viewpoint.
5. To betray for money or other things.
6. (slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
7. (slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
8. (slang) To throw under the bus; to let down one's own team in an endeavour, especially in a sport or a game.

trade

yield

give in exchange

put on sale

selloff

strech

be sold

buy and sell

double cross

grass on

hornswoggle

offer for sale

build a market for

become well-known

marketing

stress

make a sale

sale on commission

sell on commission

commission sale

barter away

denounce

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɛl/

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-. Compare Danish sælge, Swedish sälja, Icelandic selja.

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