sell

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Antonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Quotations 1.2.3 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Alternative spellings 1.3.2 Noun 1.4 Anagrams 2 Breton 2.1 Noun 3 Scots 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sɛl/

  Rhymes: -ɛl

• Homophones: cell

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English sellan (“‘give’”), later "give up for money", from Proto-Germanic *saljanan.

[edit] Verb

to sell (third-person singular simple present sells, present participle selling, simple past and past participle sold)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To agree to transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

   I'll sell you all three for a hundred dollars.

   Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell.

2. (intransitive) To be sold.

   This old stock will never sell.

3. (idiomatic) To promote a particular viewpoint; to manipulate towards a desired end.

   I don't know what she was selling when she pretended she liked him.

4. To trick, or cheat someone.
5. (professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.

[edit] Antonyms

• buy

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[edit] Translations

[edit] Quotations

• To trick, or cheat someone.
• , Mark Twain, Chapter 23, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

1. • House was jammed again that night, and we sold this crowd the same way.

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sell (plural sells)

1. An act of selling.

   This is going to be a tough sell.

2. An easy task.
   • 1922: What a sell for Lena! - Katherine Mansfield, The Doll's House (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 354)

[edit] Etymology 2

From French selle from Latin sella.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• selle (obsolete)

[edit] Noun

sell (plural sells)

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

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ells

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[edit] Noun

sell

1. look

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

From Old English sellan.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛl/

[edit] Verb

tae sell (third-person singular simple present sells, present participle sellin, simple past sellt or sauld, past participle sellt or sauld)

1. To sell.