sell
sell
sɛl
sel
/sɛl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "sell"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to give something to someone in exchange for money
Ditransitive: to sell a commodity to sb
Transitive: to sell a commodity
to sell definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He sold his old smartphone to his friend for a fair price.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to induce or persuade people to accept or buy something, particularly by highlighting its merits
Transitive: to sell sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She can sell any product with her persuasive communication skills.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϰ⧋āϚāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be purchased or sold at a specified price, in particular numbers or in a certain fashion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shop sells fresh fruit and vegetables.
āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϜāĻž āĻĢāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻžāĻ•āϏāĻŦāϜāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to be the reason as to why something is being bought
Transitive: to sell a product
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stunning design and affordability sell this smartphone to consumers.
āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻžāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻāχ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻĢā§‹āύāϟāĻŋ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to make the effort to make someone accept a new idea or plan, etc.
Ditransitive: to sell an idea to sb | to sell sb on an idea
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The marketing team had to sell the concept of a new ad campaign to the client.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āϟāĻŋāĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to manage to present oneself in an acceptable way
Transitive: to sell oneself | to sell one's qualities
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When networking, it 's important to sell your strengths and capabilities.
āύ⧇āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to accept a reward or money in exchange for doing something that does not align with one's moral principles
Transitive: to sell one's moral principles
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They chose not to sell their principles for a quick profit.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϞāĻžāϭ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to agree to have sex and get paid in return
Transitive: to sell oneself | to sell one's body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was a prostitute, selling his body for cash.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āύāĻ—āĻĻ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make items or services available for purchase
Transitive: to sell items or services
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company sells software solutions to businesses worldwide.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§€ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ

the activity of persuading someone to buy

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

oversell
resell
seller
sell
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