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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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