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sell
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[ verb ] (business) exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
Examples "He sold his house in January" "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)The statutes , similar in both the Bay_State and Rhode_Island and dating_back in some instances to colonial times , severely limit the types of merchandise that may be sold on the Sabbath . (The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)The second agreement permits the authority to sell a 520 - acre tract west of Stage 1 Residential to Philadelphia Builders Eastwick_Corp. , a firm composed of 10 Philadelphia area builders , which is interested in developing part of the project . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Typical touch : She sold a $ 10000 morning light mink to Sportsman_Freddie_Wacker for his frau , Jana_Mason , also an ex-singer . (Chicago Daily Tribune,...)He asserted that the Krogers were the bankers for Moscow , Lonsdale the Red paymaster , and the two civil_servants the recipients for selling their country 's secrets . `` When they became members of the city police narcotics unit '' , Sokol said , `` they were told they would have to get to know certain areas of Chicago in_which narcotics were sold and they would have to get to know people in the narcotics racket . |
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[ verb ] (business) be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
Examples : "These books sell like hot cakes" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Telefunken has accorded him beautiful sound , and this bargain-priced disc ( it sells for $ 2.98 ) is worthy of consideration . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Publishers want books that will sell , recording_studios want discs that will not seem strange to ears used_to hillbilly and jazz music , grade and high_schools want quaint , but moral , material . |
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[ verb ] (business) do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
Examples "She deals in gold" "The brothers sell shoes" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)The company sells a complete line of gin machinery all_over the cotton-growing world . The firm began operations back in 1925 and sells equipment in the central cotton belt , including the Mississippi_Delta . |
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[ verb ] persuade somebody to accept something
Examples "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)It 's usually not too hard to sell workers on this as it gives them longer holiday periods . (Sports Age, 24:9...)It would be a mistake to sell those thousands of beginning campers on the idea they 're buying the comforts of home . (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)So Mel_Chandler set_out to sell him on the spirit of Garryowen , just as he himself had been sold a short time before . So Mel_Chandler set_out to sell him on the spirit of Garryowen , just as he himself had been sold a short time before . Related terms |
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[ verb ] give up for a price or reward
Examples : "She sold her principles for a successful career" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)And knowing its humble place in the scale of things , why did he , at this time_of_life , seem almost ready to sell his soul for plumpness ? |
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[ verb ] deliver to an enemy by treachery
Synonyms Examples "Judas sold Jesus" "The spy betrayed his country" Related terms |
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[ verb ] be approved of or gain acceptance
Examples "The new idea sold well in certain circles" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3567
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[ verb ] be responsible for the sale of
Examples "All her publicity sold the products" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (business) the activity of persuading someone to buy
Examples "it was a hard sell" Related terms |
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