v.
(past and past part. sold)
- hand over (something) in exchange for money.
▸deal in.
▸be subject to a specified demand on the market:
the book didn't sell well.
▸
(sell out)
sell all of one's stock of something.
▸
(sell up)
Brit. sell all of one's possessions or assets.
▸
(sell oneself)
have sex in exchange for money.
- persuade someone of the merits of.
▸
(sell someone on)
make someone enthusiastic about.
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(sell out)
abandon one's principles for reasons of expedience.
▸
(sell someone out)
betray someone for one's own financial or material benefit.
- archaic trick or deceive.
n.
informal - an act of selling or attempting to sell.
- Brit. a disappointment.
Phrase
- sell someone/thing short
fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something. - sell one's soul
(to the devil)
be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong it is, to achieve one's objective.
Derivative
Etymology
OE sellan (v.), of Gmc origin.