[syn: betray, sell]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n.
Self. [Obs. or Scot.] --B. Jonson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n.
A sill. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n.
A cell; a house. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), n. [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to
sit. See Sit.]
1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.]
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He left his lofty steed with golden self. --Spenser.
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2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold (s[=o]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. Selling.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan,
syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries.
sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw.
s[aum]lja to sell, Dan. s[ae]lge, Goth. saljan to offer a
sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. Sale.]
1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a
valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for
something, especially for money. It is the correlative of
buy.
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If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast,
and give to the poor. --Matt. xix.
21.
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I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak.
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Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the
other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange
or barter, in which one commodity is given for another;
whereas in selling the consideration is usually money,
or its representative in current notes.
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2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price
or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the
like; to betray.
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You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak.
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3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of;
to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens.
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To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who
take one's life, as by killing a number of one's
assailants.
To sell (anything) out, to dispose of it wholly or
entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in
a business.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), v. i.
1. To practice selling commodities.
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I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will
not eat with you. --Shak.
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2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.
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To sell out, to sell one's whole stock in trade or one's
entire interest in a property or a business.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sell \Sell\, n.
An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sell
n 1: the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard
sell"
v 1: exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold
his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and
support her drug habit" [ant: buy, purchase]
2: be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books
sell like hot cakes"
3: persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to
sell us their image as great lovers"
4: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She
deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal,
sell, trade]
5: give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a
successful career"
6: be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in
certain circles"
7: be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the
products"
8: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The
spy betrayed his country" [syn: betray, sell]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
202 Moby Thesaurus words for "sell":
abalienate, advertise, alien, alienate, amortize, argue into,
assign, assure, ballyhoo, bark, barter, be convincing, be in,
be sold, bequeath, betray, bill, boost, brim, bring, bring home to,
bring in, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, brink,
build up, bulletin, bunker, captivate, carry, carry conviction,
cater, cede, charm, cheat, circularize, clear the trade, close out,
coal, command, con, confer, consign, convert, convert into cash,
convey, convict, convince, convinced, cross, cry up, cut under,
deal in, deceit, deception, deed, deed over, deliver, demise,
devolve upon, dispose of, double-cross, draw, draw over,
drive home to, dump, edge, effect a sale, enfeoff, establish,
exchange, fake, feed, fetch, fill up, flimflam, flog, forage,
fringe, fuel, furnish, gain, gain over, gas, gas up, give,
give a write-up, give away, give publicity, give title to, gross,
hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, handle, hawk, hem, hoax, hook,
hook in, inform against, inspire belief, job, lead to believe,
liquidate, make a sale, make over, market, merchandise, move,
negotiate, net, offer, oil, outtalk, pass, pass on, pass over,
peddle, perimeter, periphery, persuade, persuaded, placard, plug,
post, post bills, post up, press-agent, prevail on, prevail upon,
prevail with, promote, provender, provision, publicize, puff,
purvey, push, put across, put over, put-on, realize, resell,
retail, return, sacrifice, satisfy, sell for, sell off,
sell on consignment, sell one on, sell out, sell over, sell retail,
sell short, sell up, sell wholesale, selvage, settle, settle on,
sham, shop, sign away, sign over, skirt, spiel, spoof, stock,
supply, surrender, sway, talk into, talk over, tattle on, tell on,
terminate the account, top off, trade, trade in, traffic,
traffic in, transfer, transmit, turn into money, turn over,
undercut, undersell, unload, vend, verge, victual, wangle,
wangle into, wear down, wholesale, win, win over, write up,
yield