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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sell \Sell\, n. Self [Obs. or Scot.] --B. Jonson From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sell \Sell\, n. A sill. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sell \Sell\, n. A cell; a house. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sell \Sell\, n. [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit See {Sit}.] 1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.] He left his lofty steed with golden self --Spenser. 2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] --Fairfax. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sell \Sell\, v. i. 1. To practice selling commodities. I will buy with you sell with you . . . but I will not eat with you --Shak. 2. To be sold; as corn sells at a good price. {To sell out}, to sell one's whole stockk in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sell \Sell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold}; 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["a]lja to sell Dan. s?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. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. --Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak. 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. 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. You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak. 3. To impose upon to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens. {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sell \Sell\, n. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sell n : the activity of persuading someone to buy "it was a hard sell" v 1: exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sells machine tools"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" [ant: {buy}] 2: be sold at a certain price or in a certain way: "These books sell like hot cakes" 3: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: {deal}, {trade}] 4: persuade somebody to accept something "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" 5: give up for a price or reward: "She sold her principles for a successful career" 6: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" [syn: {betray}] 7: be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles" 8: be responsible for the sale of "All her publicity sold the products"
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