English > sell: 9 senses > verb 1, possession| Meaning | 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, possession| Meaning | 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 |
