sell

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

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

Translations

vendre

vender

verkaufen

vendere

vender

verkopen

vendre

satmak

باع

verhandelen

veräußern

tappen

vendere

πουλώ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɛl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sellen

Inherited from Old English: sellan

Cognate with Danish: sælge

Cognate with Swedish: sälja

Cognate with Icelandic: 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”).

Sentences

He could sell the stones and buy a return ticket .