English > sell: 9 senses > verb 1, possessionMeaning | Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
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Model | They sell the food to the people; They sell the people the food |
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Example | "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" |
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Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
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Entails | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
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Entailed by | sell out, sell up, liquidize | Get rid of all one's merchandise |
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trade, merchandise | Engage in the trade of |
Narrower | auction, auction off, auctioneer | sell at an auction |
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bootleg | sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol |
clear | sell |
deaccession | sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works |
dispose | Give, sell, or transfer to another |
dump, underprice | sell at artificially low prices |
foist off, palm off, fob off | sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive |
move | dispose of by selling |
negociate | sell or discount |
prostitute | sell one's body |
realize, realise | convert into cash |
remainder | sell cheaply as remainders |
resell | sell (something) again after having bought it |
retail | sell on the retail market |
sacrifice | sell at a loss |
scalp | sell illegally, as on the black market |
sell off | Get rid of by selling, usually at reduced prices |
sell short | sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price / price and thus to earn a profit |
syndicate | sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations |
undersell, undercut | sell cheaper than one's competition |
wholesale | sell in large quantities |
Broader | exchange, change, interchange | Give to, and receive from, one another |
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Opposite | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
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Similar to | sell | Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way |
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Spanish | expender, vender |
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Catalan | vendre |
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Nouns | sell | the activity of persuading someone to buy |
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seller | someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money |
selling | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money |
English > sell: 9 senses > verb 4, possessionMeaning | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
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Example | "The brothers sell shoes" |
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Synonyms | deal, trade |
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Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
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Narrower | black marketeer | Deal on the black market |
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deal | sell |
market | Deal in a market |
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch | sell or offer for sale from place to place |
push | sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs) |
pyramid | Use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal |
Broader | transact | Conduct business |
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Similar to | deal | sell |
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sell | Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way |
Spanish | comercializar, comerciar, traficar, transar, vender |
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Catalan | comerciar, traficar, vendre |
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Nouns | sell | the activity of persuading someone to buy |
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seller | someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money |
selling | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money |