Defenition of the word sell

• Defenition of the word sell

  • To provide goods or services in exchange for money.
  • deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
  • do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
  • the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell"
  • persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
  • give up for a price or reward: "She sold her principles for a successful career"
  • exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sells machine tools"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"
  • be sold at a certain price or in a certain way: "These books sell like hot cakes"
  • be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products"
  • be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles"
  • give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career"
  • exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"
  • do business; offer for sale as for one''s livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
  • be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes"
  • the activity of persuading someone to buy
  • persuade somebody to accept something
  • give up for a price or reward
  • exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
  • do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
  • deliver to an enemy by treachery
  • be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
  • be responsible for the sale of
  • be approved of or gain acceptance

Synonyms for the word sell

• • advertise
  • be bought
  • be snapped up
  • betray
  • deal
  • get rid of
  • go
  • market
  • persuade somebody to buy
  • plug
  • promote
  • push
  • put on the market
  • put up for sale
  • retail
  • sell like hot cakes
  • trade
  • vend
  • wholesale

Similar words in the sell

• • administer
  • allot
  • deal
  • deal out
  • dish out
  • dispense
  • distribute
  • dole out
  • lot
  • merchandise
  • mete out
  • parcel out
  • sell
  • seller
  • seller's
  • sellers
  • sellers's
  • selling
  • sellout
  • sellout's
  • sellouts
  • sells
  • shell out
  • trade

Hyponyms for the word sell

• • auction
  • auction off
  • auctioneer
  • black marketeer
  • bootleg
  • clear
  • deaccession
  • deal
  • dispose
  • double cross
  • dump
  • fob off
  • foist off
  • hawk
  • huckster
  • market
  • monger
  • move
  • negociate
  • palm off
  • peddle
  • pitch
  • prostitute
  • push
  • pyramid
  • realise
  • realize
  • remainder
  • resell
  • retail
  • sacrifice
  • scalp
  • sell off
  • sell short
  • syndicate
  • trade
  • trust
  • undercut
  • underprice
  • undersell
  • vend
  • wholesale

Hypernyms for the word sell

• • be
  • cede
  • change
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • deliver
  • delude
  • exchange
  • give up
  • interchange
  • lead on
  • persuade
  • sale
  • surrender
  • transact

Antonyms for the word sell

• • buy
  • purchase

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