sell
出售,销售,卖,售卖
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Definitions
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sold, sell·ing.
- : to transfer to or render for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- : to deal in; keep or offer for sale: He sells insurance. This store sells my favorite brand.
- : to make a sale or offer for sale to: He'll sell me the car for $1000.
- : to persuade or induce to buy something:The salesman sold me on a more expensive model than I wanted.
- : to persuade or induce someone to buy: The clerk really sold the shoes to me by flattery.
- : to make sales of: The hot record sold a million copies this month.
- : to cause to be accepted, especially generally or widely: to sell an idea to the public.
- : to cause or persuade to accept; convince: to sell the voters on a candidate.
- : to accept a price for or make a profit of: to sell one's soul for political power.
- : to force or exact a price for: The defenders of the fort sold their lives dearly.
- : Informal. to cheat, betray, or hoax.
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sold, sell·ing.
- : to engage in selling something: Investment advisors agree that it’s time to sell.
- : to be sold; to draw sales: His album is selling well.The game sold poorly in Japan.
- : to offer something for sale: I like this house—will they sell?
- : to be employed to persuade or induce others to buy, as a salesperson or a clerk in a store: One sister is a cashier and the other sells.
- : to have a specific price; be offered for sale at the price indicated: Eggs used to sell at sixty cents a dozen. This shirt sells for thirty dollars.
- : to be in demand by buyers: On a rainy day, umbrellas really sell.
- : to win acceptance, approval, or adoption: Here's an idea that'll sell.
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- : an act or method of selling: Your home could be a profitable sell.
- : Stock Exchange. a security to be sold.
- : Informal. a cheat; hoax.
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- : sell off, to sell, especially at reduced prices, in order to get rid of: The city is selling off a large number of small lots at public auction.
- : sell out, to dispose of entirely by selling: They sold out of Johnny's brownies before the bake sale was half over.to betray: He would never sell out to the enemy.
- : sell up, British. to sell out: She was forced to sell up her entire stock of crystal.
Phrases
- sell a bill of goods
- sell down the river
- sell like hot cakes
- sell off
- sell oneself
- sell out
- sell short
- sell someone on
- hard sell
- like hot cakes, sell
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
On Earth, claiming that an environment is lifeless is a tough scientific sell.
Big Tech has made that a hard sell in America, simply because the companies have created so much value for consumers.
At the full retail price of $249, these can be a tough sell.
So it wasn’t a hard sell when the North Face asked Chin, who has been sponsored by the company for 20 years, to colead its new Explore Fund Council.
This will be a hard sell for many minorities who already have low homeownership rates, in large part because of housing discrimination.
The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.
As more people come online, the most basic tasks—such as going out to the market to sell produce—will become more efficient.
Along the Prado they used to sell slaves on the auction block, too.
As for the political class, I doubt I need to give you a very hard sell on its failure.
Question 9: If the female captive was impregnated by her owner, can he then sell her?
He couldn't sell them; he couldn't burn them; he was even compelled to insure them, to his intense disgust.
Those four pictures—I would not sell those four Watteaus for one hundred thousand francs.
He thought these things over carefully and finally decided that he would sell them himself.
For an Indian to sell a horse and wagon in the San Jacinto valley was not an easy thing, unless he would give them away.
For us to take her place it became necessary for us to loan before we could sell and buy.