sell
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/sɛl/]
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Senses
1. sell (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
Example: She sold her old car very quickly.
2. sell (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To be sold.
Example: This old stock will never sell.
3. sell (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To promote (a product or service) although not being paid in any direct way or at all.
Example: Howard: You're gonna feel terrible when I'm in a wheelchair. Which, by the way, would fit easily in the back of this award-winning minivan.
Bernadette: Fine, we'll go to the E.R. Just stop selling me on the van.
Howard: You're right. It sells itself.
4. sell (noun) — sense 4
Definition: An act of selling; sale.
Example: Now the easiest sell in traveldom is made even easier.
5. sell (noun) — sense 5
Definition: The promotion of an idea for acceptance.
Example: This is going to be a tough sell.
6. sell (noun) — sense 6
Definition: An easy task.
Structure of the word
Roots:- selh₁ (Proto-Indo-European)
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